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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE

OP

THE CHARTERS, MIN

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BOOKS

AND

OTHER DOCUMENTS

OF THE

BOROUGH OF WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS.

A.D. 1252 to 1800.

WITH EXTRACTS AKD SOME NOTES.

Published by direction of tee Mayor (R. N. Howard, Esq., J. P.)

and Corporation.

By H. J. MOULE, M.A

Of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

WEYMOUTH :

SHERREX * SON, 8T. MARY STREET

1883.

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MAYOR :
RICHARD NICHOLAS HOWARD, Esq., J. P.

TOWN CLERK:
Pelly Hooper, F.sg.

R^iwusD Thomas, Esq.

WARD ALDERMEN:

[ Jambs Milledge, Esq., J. P.

ALDERMEN:

Georgb Edward Eliot, Esq., J. P.
James Robertson, Esq., J. P.

John Lundie, Esq., J. P.
Johx Groves, Esq.

Mb. James Francis Brown.

Mr. Thomas Ssook.

Mr. Sidny S. Milledge.

Mr. Thomas Richard Chari.es.

Dr. Joseph Drew, J. P.

Mb. RorbbT Andrews Atlbs.

Mr. Thomas Samuel Wallis.

Mr. Alfred Dennis.

Mr. Andrew Graham.

COUNCILLORS:

Mr. Henrt N angle.

Mr. Samcel Webr

I Mr. Andrew Richard Curtis.

Mr. Charles Williams Lovell.

Mr. George Boulter Welspord.

Mr. James Eaton Robens, J. P.

Mr. George Seaman.

Mr. William Charles TidbtHodnsell.

The following Members of the Corporation were appointed a Sub-Committee, in conjunction
Kith Mil T. B. Groves, to assist Mr. Henrt J. Moule in his labours of compiling and editing the
various Municipal Documents contained in this Book. They feel themselves fortunate in having
secured the services of Mr. Moule, who has so ably and with such careful diligence carried out the
wishes of the Committee: — R. N. Howard, Esq., Mayor; Mr. Alderman Milledge, Mr
Alderman G. E. Eliot, Mr. Alderman Thomas; Mr. Councillor Dennis, Mr. Councillor Drew,
Mr. Councillor Robens, Mr. Councillor Curtis, and Mr. Councillor Wallis.

PREFACE.

5cch is expected of a Preface. Xot that men read it ; but from the
shallowest dip into it they count on learning in a moment all about
the book that follows.

To meet this view is always hard ; but in the present writing
*** worse than hard. For who can epitomize a crowd of epitomes ?
And of such a crowd this book consists. It is a descriptive Catalogue of the
Records, etc., down to 1800, belonging to the Mayor and Corporation of
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ; and it has been brought within as narrow
a compass as its title well allows. One can hardly outline so slight a view.

With great difficulty all the separate documents, and with them, a choice
of entries in the great Minute Books, have been classified. Each class has
been calendered, with short descriptions, extracts, and notes. The interest of
the whole will be hereby increased, most likely.

Class L can hardly fail to catch the attention, as it gives some idea of
the Borough Charters and kindred documents, with a translation of the oldest
one remaining. It also mentions the Seals and Maces.

Class ii. contains all papers and extracts bearing specially on the bitter
strife between Weymouth and Melcombe. Perhaps many readers will be
surprised at the fierceness and persistence of this. Of course it was wrong.
But the Weymouth resolution in resisting the union of the Boroughs, and
ignoring it when effected — or attempted — was not wholly bad. A young
Brooke or Ledoze was not, one may think, unlikely to ship in the Revenge.

Class iii., of Law Minutes, affords some curious reading and some quaint
Latin. Indeed Migne's Ducange fails to give some of the words at all.

Vi PREFACE.

Class iv., general Borough Business, comprises a mass of papers and
extracts which do not range themselves under the divisions before or after it.
A number of Dorset names — of People and Places — in Borough and County
— appear here, as indeed in other Classes also. Separate Indices of these
are given.

Class v., Finance, is made up, of course, of all that specially speaks of
paying or receiving money. There are several accounts of Mayors and Town
Clerks which are full of curious items.

Class vi., speaking of Harbour, Shipping and Commerce, has no little
interest, marred by great disappointment. There is absolutely not a word
extant in this Class about the Armada year ! In 1587 there were many
letters of various people, from Lord C. Howard downwards ; in 1588 not one
appears.

Class vii. gives a notice of what papers and passages there are about the
Church and Church affairs.

Lastly there is an Appendix, noticing a collection of Miscellaneous
Parchments and Papers the existence, or at least interest, of which was
not known till very lately. References will be found to notes on some of
the chief of these documents.

If the long-suffering reader plods to any distance through the Catalogue
thus noticed, he will perhaps demonstrate to his own conviction two pro-
positions which we are often expected to accept as axioms. The histories
written without digging facts out of the deep mines of ancient record chests
are no good ; and, secondly, nothing (except figures) is nevertheless so
misleading as facts. To read the writings of some people we should think
that a just abhorrence of drunkenness was, as regards England, an invention
of the glorious nineteenth century. Those who accept this idea will be a
little startled to find that, absolutely, the punishment for that crime was the
same in King James the First's time as now. And, relatively to the then
value of money, five shillings was the price of half a hogshead of strong beer.
And the fine was often inflicted too.

Men are " presented " for " beareing of burthens on the Saboath Day,"
and a Constable for signalizing a Fast Day by getting so tipsy that " hee
could nether goe nor stand." It is only needful to say that these two

PREFACE. Vll

delinquencies happened at a few years' interval in the seventeenth century, and
the historian asks no more. They date themselves. In one we see proof of that
energetic resolve to make all, if not religious, at least decorous, by Act of
Parliament. The other is a fair sample of the frightful result of the
loosening of the pressure when the nation went mad in the hey-day of the
Restoration. And a fine breeze of rhetoric would bear the historian along as
he enlarged on these two points. But his sails would shake a little when
he found out that the tipsiness was in 1647, with the town in the hands of the
Puritans, and the presentments for Sunday work in 1660. He has preached
rightly, but on a wrong text.

We sketchers are addicted to abusing the dreary colour of slates as
a modern innovation in this part of the kingdom. But it is rather a surprise
to find slates in use in the Borough — notably on Melcombe Chapel — 200 years
ago and more.

To speak of mechanical things, there is a remarkable mention of a
Dutch loom, " working with a wheale," wherewith one man could weave
twelve times as much " Inkell " as with a hand loom. This was in 1 624.

The Government of Queen Elizabeth was strong. Doubtless Simancas
and many another foreign Record-house bear witness to the weighty wisdom
of Burleigh and the acuteness of Walsingham. But these sages and all my
other Lords of the Council were nowhere with Brooke the baker and Dotherell
the mercer. Quell the Weymouth spirit the Government could not. My
Lords were fairly worn out. Indeed — another caution against rash generalizing
from few facts — if the Weymouth Records were the only fountainhead of
knowledge of Her Grace's reign, we should set it down as a culpably weak
one.

The perils by sea from Flushing on the one side and Sallee on the
other were inconceivable. But it is puzzling to find land travelling so safe
as it seemingly was of old. It is almost within the memory of man that
when any daring adventurer in Stoke Newington resolved to go to London,
he sent round the crier to give notice and muster comrades for mutual
protection. Yet three hundred years ago Master Town Clerk Keate seems to
have thought nothing of riding up to Town, all alone, term after term, to
" 8ollicit the Towne's busynes." And he took such a substantial sum of money

Vlll PREFACE.

with him in cash that it wore out his pocket during the four days' trot. Yet
no robbery, or danger of robbery, is recorded.

It is curious that 1588, as before said, furnishes here nothing of shipping
affairs. But that subject is not otherwise barren. The Mayflower has been
here — the Revenge has been here. The Mayflower — the Revenge — is there
any reader who does not " rouse him " at these names ? Then should he
read in Neale how Puritans migrated in the first ; and in Hakluyt, or
where not, how Sir R. Grenville, the sea Leonidas, with the Revenge, the
little Revenge alone, fought the whole Spanish fleet for almost a day and a
night.

Such are a few points — a few taken almost at hazard — which have been
brought out in plodding through these Records. And what is the history of
these Records ? some will ask. The Charters, with a quantity of Feoffments,
etc., and the three chief Minute Books, have been ever in the hands of the
Mayor and Corporation. As to the mass of documents known as the Sherren
Papers — well, the early part of this century was in antiquarian matters a
dark time in many a place besides Weymouth. De mortuis nil nisi bonum
dicemus ; and good and true it is to rejoice in the rare discernment and spirit
of the late Mr. Sherren in rescuing those papers.

The long labour of compiling this Catalogue has been lightened by the
kindly courtesy of all and every one officially concerned, and helped forward
by the very material aid of two well-known Weymouth Antiquaries,
W. Bowles Barrett and T. B. Groves, Esqrs.

H. J. MOULE.

Dorchester,

August 1st, 1883.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Prepack T

Errata

x

Tablb of Abbreviations x

Introduction xi

Class L Charters, etc. - - . 1

Class II. Borough Controversies- 22

Class III. Minutes of Borough Courts, with other Law Business - 43

Class IV. General Affairs of the Borough 91

Class V. Borough Finance 128

Class VI. Harbour, Shipping, and Commerce - -149

Class VII. Church Affairs 191

Appendix 205

General Index 209

Index of Dorset People 215

Index of Dorset Places - 219

Table showing where Notices of the " Sherren Papers " are to be found - - 222

Subscribers' Names 224

ERRATA.

P. If i. 38. Read at foot S. 241.

m 15. Note 2. Mr. B. Maior could not be meant.

, See vii. 7. . .

h 47. iii. 14. For ii. 28, etc., read ii. 36.

ii 55. iii 39.. <• .Unlawful acts

•« 57. iii. 48. ?• maguo

n 64. iii. 66. . .. 1820 .

u 72. iii. 94. -. iv. 1

ti 72. iii. 96.. m eins

P. 74. iii. 103. Perhaps the Compiler libels the
Town Clerk in holding him to mean "ignos-
cantur," to be rendered "are ignorant of."
•• 79. iii. 115. For itinera? read itineraP.

it .Unlawful nets.

i. 91.

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vi. 9*>.

it maguo.

i. 91.

iv. 1.

.. iv. 37 b

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,. 91.

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t. 152.

Note 1.

.. iii. 110

II

vi. 110.

u eius.

ii 155.

vi. 21.

.. ii. 51

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ii. 52.

m 172.

Note 3.

ti vi. 8

II

vi. 80.

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N.8. It should be uoted that after Class i. was printed, the damage to the older Charters
was admirably 'repaired under the superintendence of G. F. Warner, Esq., M.A., of the MSS.
Department, British Museum.

PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS CATALOGUE.

W.

M. R.

B.

C.

D.

•s.

M.

Weymouth.

Melcombe Regis.

Minute Book. ' See N.B. before iii. 35.

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n iv. 41.
ii iii. 144.

" Snerren Papers." See p. 222.

-Miscellaneous Documents. See Appendix and iv.

INTRODUCTION.

[ome sort of sketch of the History of Weymouth in old times seems to be called for, as an
Introduction to this Volume. But a very slight sketch it must be — in barest outline.

It is not easy to know where to begin — whether in Roman or in Saxon times. On one
hand in Warne and Smart's " Ancient Dorset," we find it laid down as a certainty that the
Roman " via vicinalis," leaving the " via Iceniana " at Dorchester, led, not to Melcombe
or Weymouth, but to Radipole. Also a branch from it went to Jordan HilL At both
these spots the Romans had landing places, it is thought Jordan Hill seems to have been the more
important place of the two, judging from the extensive Cemetery, and considerable Temple and
Villas, of which traces have been found at or near that spot Mr. Warne and Dr. Smart believe
this settlement to have been "Clavinio" of the Ravenna Itinerary. Roman remains, although of less
consequence, have been found at Radipole. Here also the name " Cold Harbour 71 exists. This is
held by Mr. Wright and other savants to imply the former existence of Roman habitations. All
this is against any occupation of the site of the present Borough by the Romans. For they were
hardly likely to have had three sea-stations, of even slight importance, connected with Dorchester.
This probably holds good even if Clavinio was chiefly or wholly a health resort (rather than a port)
as Warne thinks. And, further, it is a strong point against the very early existence of Weymouth
or Melcombe that their original Parish Churches are at a distance, viz., at Wyke and Radipole
respectively. On the other hand, while Melcombe seems destitute of any Roman remains, some
have been found within the borough, on Weymouth side ; especially a burying place, which is cut
throngh by the Portland Railway. This implies, necessarily, some considerable Roman population
thereabouts ; and, probably, a quay or landing place of some sort on the South side of the present
harbour. But at the best the question of the use of that harbour by the Romans can be answered
merely by conjectures.

It is otherwise when we come down to Saxon times. King Athelstan granted to Miltou
Abbey 2 the water within the shore at Weymouth and half the stream of that Waymouth out at
sea. King Ethelred grants the harbour of Way to Atsere. Nothing points to a continued use of
the upper Weymouth — the outlet of the Wey into the Backwater at Radipole.

1 Dr. Smart thinks that possibly this strange name Jordan = Dwrdnn = Water-hill = the Hill by the Water,

viz., Sutton brook.
* That is, probably, the Backwater and half the present Harbour.

Xll INTRODUCTION.

And so onwards. *King Henry I., probably in 1110, grants to the Prior and Monks of St.
Swythun, Winton, the ports of Waimuth and Melee um. 2 The Prior, in 1252, describes the bounds
of the Borough of Weymouth, and speaks of the Port. King Edward I., apparently a little oblivious
of King Henry's Charter to Weymouth, grants half the Port to Melcombe. So that we are quite
clear about the two towns — 3 for towns they were, as towns went then — existing as shipping stations
for a goodly number of centuries.

4 Silting up had doubtless stopped all convenient use of Radipole landing place, and nothing
is heard of that at Jordan Hill settlement. 5 The late Mr. Medhurst thought it possible that the
haven there was within the precincts of Lodmoor, where he found piles which looked to him like
the frontage of a wharf. This of course implies an opening in the beach ; to keep which free would
be hard, to say the least of it. So that in the troublous times after the Roman domination this
haven, if it ever really existed, doubtless fell into destruction.

From the first settlement of men at the foot of the Nothe hill, and ou the raised beach
opposite, across the haven, down to the last few years of the eighteenth century, the history of that
haven was the history of the Boroughs or Borough. This small and shallow, but safe harbour was
during all that time the sole " raison d' Ure " of the town. And smallness and shallowness did not
matter so much in old times, when a " ship " of fifty tons or less was thought large enough to go
any voyage, and fight any foe. The trade of the port changed very greatly indeed. One proof of
this remains in not a few records of the letting of the " Petty Customs ;" which varied from
£167,' down to one peppercorn, per annum. Indeed at one time, in the fifteenth century, utter
desertion of the town was feared, and again in the seventeenth. These changes were caused in
various ways. " Our foes of France and Normandye " made incursions, landing on one occasion in
1377 when every one was at Mass at Radipole. Lyme probably was a formidable rival. Poole
certainly was. This latter Borough actually procured an Act of Parliament, reducing Melcombe
for a time from a Port to a " Creek," and erecting Poole into a Port. Yet in 1347 Weymouth was
far ahead of both Poole and Lyme ; for Hackluyt says that in that year she sent fifteen vessels to
the siege of Calais, while the other two ports sent only four each. Another cause of variation of
trade was that at different periods, but above all in the first half of the seventeenth century,
pirates were an incredible hindrance to navigation. Lastly the Merchants of Dorchester did not
always see their way to give Weymouth a monopoly of their commerce. On one occasion, at least,
there is a loud complaint of these Merchants trading through Poole. Most of this comes out in
some detail in Class vi. of the Catalogue.

1 Ellis's " History of Weymouth," p. 8.

* Class i. 1 and 40.

3 Both of them sent two Burgesses to Parliament from King Edward II. 's reign.

4 Perhaps the Romans silted up their own harbour. Coote in his " Romans in Britain " seems to make it clear

that their Colonists enormously increased the agriculture of the Island. Now increase of culture means
increase of silting. The alluvium from a down or a heath is almost nothing compared to that from the
same land when broken up.

* This information, and not this only, is from Mr. Smith, East Street, Weymouth.

INTRODUCTION. Xlll

Judging by the Petition from Poole against Melcombe, above referred to, fortifications of
some sort were a necessary feature of a port in mediaeval times. And probably Weymouth was not
wholly and altogether an exception to the rule, although in the fifteenth century it is spoken of as
unfortified. It is, however, impossible to be sure of our ground about this question. On the site
of Lower Bond Street there was the Town Ditch, or Coneygar Ditch ; opening, we may take it, into
the Backwater. It was perhaps a tolerable defence against an enemy as far as it reached. There
is mention of a road passing through " the bulwark " near the same locality. It is possible that
this bulwark, whether earthwork or whatever it was, continued the defences from the East end of
the ditch to the shore. Along the shore there was no defence of any continuous kind. For the
Rev. James Maxwell, about 1604, objects to a proposed Parsonage in East Street that, when the
wind is " at sea," the house is beaten by every storm. Now this could not have been alleged if
any kind of wall or vallum had intervened. On Weymouth side the town " walls " are mentioned ;
meaning, we may think, earthworks. For under-tenants 1 cattle might not graze on " the walls."
'On the whole the Boroughs seem to have been anything but a well " fenced city." But the
harbour was perhaps protected, however imperfectly, by detached Batteries ; for instance the
Blockhouse in M. R., and a " platforme " on the No the, probably.

Of course this short notice does not refer to the forts constructed during the civil war. They
were not a few, including Weymouth Chapel, desecrated to that use by both parties. At that time
drawbridges are mentioned in a way that, even taken alone, points to the probable existence on
Weymouth side of a vallum and foss, perhaps of older date.

It has been said that down to the latter part of the eighteenth century the harbour was all
important to Weymouth. But from about 1780 a great change began. Up to that time the shore
of the Bay was, forsooth, the " back of the town." In Queen Elizabeth's time it vexed the heart
of " Master T. Howarde Esquire " by being given up to " mixons and annoyances. " And it may be
feared that the more or less noisome " back " it coutinued to be down to about the last quarter of
the eighteenth century. How surprised the older burgesses must have been to see and hear this
" back " changed to the " Front," on the discovery, so late, that the Bay was worth looking at, the
sands a delight, the bathing good, and the spot salubrious when freed from " annoyances." Ralph
Allen, Esq., was apparently the first to perceive these advantages of the place. The Duke of
Gloucester built the house called after him. He liked the place and praised it to His Majesty. As
early as 1785 the " walk called the Esplanade " is mentioned. But 1789 was the year when the
expansion of the small clustering harbour-town into the long frontage of the watering place was
thoroughly assured. Then it was that, on June 15, the Mayor and Council " had reason to expect the
King" — that, on June 30, the King arrived — that, on July 1 they presented a very good Address at
the " house of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester." From that time the " Front " rapidly stretched out
its line of houses round the lovely curve of the Bay. Leases of Land for Building were frequent.

1 Nevertheless King James 1. in his Charter of 1816, speaks of Weymouth and Melcombe as "ancient and
populous, and of great strength and force to withstand the enemies." Bat this may be merely rhetoric
Still in ii. 66 the W. people assert, and the M. R. people do not deny, that W. *' alwayes hath byne
fortifyed."

XIV INTRODUCTION.

William of Taunton, Prior of St. Swythun's, perambulated the bounds of his Borough of
"Waymuo" in 1252. When he and Sir Oliver, his Seneschal, turned round on the hill near
" fontem Tunne vocaP," what a different view they looked at from that which we now see* from
Rod well. A few houses close to the Ferry, perhaps growing into a short street or two, were all
they saw of man's making on Melcombe side. And, beyond, there was a high, bare shingle beach,
first backed by a rabbit warren ; then running as a mere grey and yellow thread between the sea
and the Backwater ; then again backed by Melcombe Common unevenly divided by the rough
horse-track of " Darchester Way." What a change now !

A very strange feature in the History of the Borough is the long hostility between
Weymouth and Melcombe. Class ii. of the Catalogue is devoted to details of this subject, and it
is touched on in the Preface. It may however be said here that Weymouth if not wise, was
perhaps not beyond her chartered rights in the contest. As above-said, King Henry I. granted the
whole harbour to Weymouth ; and Melcombe had only a Charter of King Edward I. to show the
origin of her claim to half that harbour. So it is no wonder that Weymouth felt aggrieved. Then
as regards her long resistance to the authority of the Borough as united in 1571, some little light
may be thrown on it, in the nature of excuse. There was a group of Royal Manors under one High
Steward. Weymouth was one of these, and Wareham another. There is a *Minute Book of the
Courts of these various Manors. Now this book contains a record of an Order by the Manor Court
of Wareham to the Mayor thereof, forsooth. If in a primaeval Borough like Wareham the Manorial
authority thus over-rode the Municipal, h fortiori the Manor Bailiffs in the new Borough of
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis would not be inclined to think great things of the new Mayor in
their ancient Manor of " Way mouth side." But, wrongly, or in part rightly, the Weymouth people
stood to their guns in a surprising manner, not only before but after the Union of the Boroughs, as
has been briefly sketched out in the Preface. " Murder was like to ensue." The Mayor "assayed
no government " on Weymouth side. A leading Melcombe Burgess dared not show himself there.
For twenty years after the Union the Weymouth Manor-bailiffs sold town land quite without leave
of Mayor and Corporation. Feoffments of theirs, duly signed and sealed, testify to this to this day.
This contest is a very strange episode in the history of the towns ; which towns, by the bye, twice
at least tried to make a treaty. A very curious parchment, perhaps unique, has just come to
light. It is, not a treaty, but articles for a treaty, between the Mayor and Burgesses of Melcombe,
of the one part, and the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Weymouth, of the other part, as is more fully
described in Class ii. ll a of the Catalogue. This was just before the Union of the Boroughs, and
there is a Record of another attempt at peace after that so-called Uniou. The hostility seems to
have died out gradually at, or soon after, the end of the sixteenth century.

Very diffidently we touch on the religious history of Weymouth. The recorded facts are
few, and many therefore are the dangers of confident argument from them. Again, the absence of
records about religion during long spaces of time must not be taken to mean absence of religion
then. " Painful preachers " lived here, and laboured, and died, without note or comment in extant
contemporary municipal minutes. " But their works do follow them," or some of them. Among

1 See iii. 15.

INTRODUCTION. XV

the Borough Charters has lain, lost and forgotten by some accident, a little Parchment Certificate
of 1583. The Major testifies to the merits of a Minister, the Rev. R. Openshawe. We cannot
bnt think him to have been a godly man, and surrounded by enough godliness in others to cause
him to have been valued. Again, twenty years later, the papers connected with the transfer of the
Rectory from Radipole give us the impression of a prevailing desire for religious teaching. Some
of the Burgesses complain that the then Rector's " insufficiency e " makes him unwilling or unable,
or both, to officiate gratuitously in Melcombe as his predecessors did. The elders of the party
testify to this their diligence, the first Rector mentioned being the last Prior of the Friary. Owing
to the lack of voluntary preaching by the Rector the Burgesses had paid a sort of Borough
Chaplain, but could no longer afford this. And they had otherwise shown by deed, as well as word,
their wish for religious services. "At almost not undergoeable charges " they had built, or rather
rebuilt, St Mary's Chapel, " ] able to receive the whole pishe," and then made the Parish Church.

During the Puritan times the prevalence of the profession and, we may hope, of the reality
of religion, combined with the mutual interference of Church, State, Army, and Municipality,
causes frequent entries about Ministers in the Minute Books. Three Ministers named Buckler,
I nee, and Thome, in particular, occupy no small space in those books. In after times, as years
passed, it is feared that here, as elsewhere, the old zeal for the most part waxed cold. In Class
viL will be found some indications of the deathlike sleep of the Church, the awakening from which
we elders can in part remember. And, as the Church slumbered, the Nonconformists were up and
doing. The Quakers, for instance, seem to have been numerous and active here, although now
their graveyard alone remains to testify that they existed in the Borough.

Such is the slight, faint outline of the story of old Weymouth. With modern Weymouth
our task has not to do. Changing fashion — greater charms of inland scenery elsewhere — her
distance from London — these and the like of these antagonisms she has to contend against. Yet
she enlarges her borders still — her Bay and her neighbouring coast are matchless still. Floruits,
Floret, Flcrealqne semper!

1 This confirms what we gather from other sources, viz., that then, and long after, a Parish Church could, and
did, accommodate all the Parishioners. Who does not know Pepys' immortal tale of his digging up his
hidden money when every parishioner, but himself (the reprobate) and his helpers, was in Church ?

CLASS I. 'CHARTERS, ETC.

This Class consists of, firstly, Charters and similar original documents, issued by
the Sovereign, with few exceptions, i. 1—22 ; secondly, Documents and extracts relating
to the same, i. 23—39 ; and, thirdly, a Translation of i. I, given because this is the earliest
Charter remaining in the possession of the Corporation.

A Parchment, only thirteen inches by seventeen inches. It is a complete I. 1. Charter.

A D 1*252
wreck ; but the writing that remains is as legible as ever. The seal is lost. The Latin W

*black silk seal-cord remains. This most interesting document is printed in

Hutchins' History of Dorset. It relates to Weymouth only, granting immunities

similar to those of Southampton and Portsmouth, aud describing the boundaries of

the Borough.

It is granted by W. of Taunton, Prior of the Church of St Swythun at W. of Taunton,

Prior of St.
Winchester, and the Convent of the same. It is witnessed (among others) by Roger Swythun's.

Abbot of Abbotsbury and Sir Elias of Cumb[e] then Rector of the Church of Wyk[e]. Abbot of

Given at St Swythun's, in :5 July, St. Kenelm's Day, in the year of Grace the Abbotsbury.

thousandth, two hundredth and fiftieth second. (See Translation, i. 40.)

This again is a small parchment, about seventeen inches by fifteen iuches. It I- 2. Charter of

is a good deal damaged, but not many words are actually lost. The seal of green o Ed. II, 1318.

wax is in fair preservation, the figure of the king on each side being uninjured, Latin. M.R.

The seal-cord is green and white silk. (See next article.) c treat Seal.

Parchment about nineteen inches square. Seal remaining, but damaged 1. 3. Charter of

Inspezimns &
greatly, the head of the king being destroyed on both sides. Like the seal of No. 2 Confirmation

it is of green wax, and its cord of green and white. This Charter quotes and confirms X^te^

No. 2, as No 2 quotes one of King Edward I. ; now lost. A few words of No. 3 2 Ed. Ill, 1328.

i_ 1 * A i . 1 Latin. M.R.

may be given as an example of the style : —

1 At the end of this Class (i. 41, 2, 3) is a notice of two documents connected with the
Borough Arms, and of the Seals and the Maces.

* The cord seems to be made, partly at least, of slips of woven silk, of excellent texture.

St. Swythun's was a Monastery of the Benedictine Order, the habit of which was black.

* July 17. Kenelm Rex et Martyr.

H

O CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

" Edwardus Dei Gratia Rex Anglia) . . . Archiepiscopis .

Comitibus . . . Prepositis . . . ct Fidelibus suis Salutem. Inspeximus

cart am confirinacois Celebris raemorie dm Regis Angl ptris nor in hec verba.

,,, , , Inspeximus cartam quam Celebris meniorie dns E. pat nr fecit burjrensibus de
King Ed. 1. s r °

Charter Melcumba in hec verba."

confirmed. (Edward by God's grace King of England ... to the Archbishops

. . . Earls . . . Sub-bailiffs and to his liege men, Health. We have
inspected the l Charter of Confirmation of the Lord King of England of famous
memory our father, in these words. We have inspected the Charter which Lord EL
of famous memory our father made to the Burgesses of Melconibe in these words.")
It ends thus, " Datum per manum nostram apud Nov. Sar." (Given by our hand
Sarum. at New Sarum.)

I. 4. Charter of This is a second copy of No. 3. It is on a slightly larger parchment. The

ConfiramtionT wr i tm g * 8 not 80 go°d- The seal is gone, all but one fragment, which is just
2 Ed. Ill, 1328. euough to show that it was different from that of No. 3. It shows a lion passant

gardant, and the whole seal was apparently quarterly, and if so doubtless of England
and France. The cord is unplaited. It has been very ornamental, each strand
Seal-corJ. being formed of a plait of bright green and pinkish threads, which last may have
been lilac.

I. 5. Exempli- This is a parchment about eighteen inches square, in pretty good condition.

hcahon of an »p ne wr j t j n g j 8 p er f e ct except in the folds of the paruhmeut. The seal is gone ; the
41 Ed. Ill, 1367. parchment Beal-slip remains.

It refers to an inquisition, 8 Edw. 1., at "Shirbourne" showing that the
Wyke, Earl of (Jloucester claimed certain rights in " Wyk, Portlond, Wayuiuth and

Portland, HpIIpwpII "
Hellewell. Melleueil.

I. 5a. Letter. This is a Letter from W. Dulton, Prior of the Cathedral Church of St.

Fe Utin 14 W (6) ' Swythun, Winchester, reciting a short Charter granted by King H. VI., iu the third

year of his reign, to his u carissimo consauguineo " (dearest kinsman) Henry

The Prior of St. [Beaufort] Bishop of Winchester and to the Prior and Convent of St. Swythuu,

favour of \\\ ^d confirming former Royal Charters which exempted them and their vassals

Tronatrium from no les8 tnan fifteen di fferent duties or taxes ; the last being " ! tronagium,"

except such as is paid at places where wool is weighed before being exported. This
Letter is addressed to all Mayors, Bailiffs, Feoffees of Ports and Ferries [specially,

1 The Charter here quoted is No. 2. The Charter quoted in No. 2 is one of King Edward I.;

now lost.
8 See i. 25.
3 Tronagium " is a kind of tolle taken (as it see met h) for weighing . . . Trona is a

beame to weigh with." Cowell, s.v. Tronage.

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC. 3

we may take it, to the Mayor of Melcombe] in the interests of the Town of
Weymouth, being a fee of the said Church.

Written at Winchester. On a slip cut from the parchment itself is the
imperfect seal of the Couvent. A figure, doubtless of St. Swythun, is standing Seal -

under a rich mediaeval canopy. Below is a shield bearing two keys and a sword in
sal tire. The seal is pointed oval. M. i. 1.

This Parchment is a very curious oue. The King addresses all Bailiffs and 1- 5b- Pardon,
his Liegemeu, and informs them that "ob reverentiam dei <fc car i tat is intuiP . . Latin.

perdonauim£ Thome Frye de Warham . . . p omimodis pdicoibj* murdris . .
feloniis, conspiracoibj . . p ipm ante octauu diem Decembr ultimo fitiPum

. . . ppetratis murdris p ipm post decimu non diem Novembr . . .
ppetratis si que fuint exceptis." (by reason of inward reverence of God and of
charity we have pardoned T. Frye of Wareham for all kinds of treacheries, Numerous
murders, felonies, conspiracies by him before Dec. 8 perpetrated, murders by him crimes,
after Nov. 19 perpetrated, if there should be any, excepted.) In addition to this
list of misdeeds, amounting to sixteen in all, many more follow. E.g. he seems to
have been " monete...tousor" (a clipper of coin) ; to have been guilty of "trans-
gressiones de viridi vel venacoe " (transgressions concerning T vert or venison) ; and
of " vendicoem boscorj infra forestas <fc ext." (the selling of bushes, or firewood,
within and without forests.) But all appears to be forgiven. 2 Given at Westminster.
Seal gone. M. i. 2.

This is a very small parchment, seventeen inches by seven inches. A fragment 1. 6. Charter,
of the whitish seal remains 011 a parchment slip. The writing is beautiful and well '* He jS r g ^ "'
preserved. Latin. M.R.

The Charter sets forth that " in Parliameuto Henrici sexti nup Regis
Anglie .... burgenses ville sue de Melcombe Regis . . monstraverunt

suam magnam paupertatem ct unportabilia oncra tarn antique feode summe octo
marcar p anuu qfl decimar & quintar decimar . . . que ad novem libras et Poverty of
quindecim solidos . . . attigissent " (in a Parliament of Henry VI. late King Melcombe.
of England . . . the burgesses of his town of Melcombe Regis . . . showed
their great poverty and intolerable burdens both of the ancient feu of eight
marks a vear, as of the tenths and fifteenths . . . which had amounted to
nine pounds, fifteen shillings.) Thereupon the Bishop of Bath and others were
commissioned "ad villam...ae destructocs et defecus eiusdem supervidend " (to
inspect the town and its destruction and defects.) Having done so they propose

1 Vert and Venison seem to mean the vegetable and animal products of a forest.
- This Pardon was given by one of the Kings Henry, not specified, in the third year of his
reign. Judging by the writing the date may very possibly be 3 H. VI., 1425.

4 CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

that instead of eight marks, and nine pounds fifteen shillings, as above, only tweutj
shillings, and thirteen shillings and fourpence should be paid."

I. 7. Charter of This is on a larger skin of parchment than any of the preceding documents,

I nspcxinius .
4 Henry VIII, being twenty-six and a half inches by seventeen inches.

1512
Latin. M.R. From the wide margin at the head and the sides, aud the spaces left for

initials, a good deal of ornameut would seem to have been intended. But it was

never carried out. The seal is gone. The seal-cord has been very handsome, being

Seal-cord. green aud white, with gold tinsel intertwined. The parchment is in very fair order ;

the writing good and well preserved. The note of the fee, or cost of extracting,

Fee. may be worth notice, " p dimid marc solut in hanapio." (For half a mark paid

in the Hanaper Office.) The signature at the foot is Prees. This is no doubt the

same as Price, or rather it is a more correct spelling than the latter. It may be

that he was a Welshman attracted to London by hope of employment under the race

of Ap Tudor.

The Charter quotes the preceding one, and then says that the Burgesses

had informed him that (28 Hen. VII.) "pretextu cujusdam actus resumpcois "

(under the pretext of a certain act of resumption, passed in that year) the concessions

granted in that former Charter were threatened with change. Therefore

Melcumbe " consideratoe q villa pdca p adversaries nros ffrancie et Normanuie iam dud urn

ravaged by the fait spoliata in . . . burgens . . . depaupacoem tfc adnichilacoem manifestam "
b rcnch.

(through the consideration that the aforesaid town has long ago been spoiled by

our enemies of France and Normandy to the impoverishment and manifest

annihilation of the Burgesses,) and that it is likely " tanquam desolatam relinqui

. . . nisi ad hoc cicius manus uras porrexiitf adiutrices," (to be left as

desolate unless we the more speedily shall stretch out our helping hands to

this matter,) the King confirms his father's limitatiou uf the payments to the

Crown.

1.8. Charter or A small Parchment, sixteen inches by twelve inches. The word "Elizabeth"

11 Ellz** 156*8 * 8 somewDat handsomely written. About a quarter of the seal remains, on a broad
Ijitin. \V. parchment slip.

This document gives orders touching the status of Way mouth, grounded ou
an inspection "cuiusdam Recordi de phis de J Quo Warranto." (Of a certain Record

of pleas of Quo Warranto.)

Wvke
Portland Mention is again made of Wyk, Portlond, and Helle Well.

Helle Well.

1 Quo Warranto is a writ that lyeth against him which usurpeth any Frawnchis or liberty
against the King, as to have wayfe, stray, faire, market, court Baron or such like,
without good title. Cowell's " Interpreter," 1637, sub voce.

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC. 5

A Parchment, twenty-four inches by nineteen inches, not in good preservation, I- 9. Charter of
but for the most part legible. Both seal and cord are gone. The words Order. '

"Elizabeth" and "Omnibus " are elaborately written. J 3 !^ iz i; 'j*? 1 -

' Latin& hnghsn.

This Charter or Order is founded on matters brought before the Queen by \Y. & M. R.

Francis Spelman, relating to the disputes between Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Spelman.

Union of the
It orders the union of the Boroughs and names the first Aldermen, J. Burley, Boroughs.

T. Samwayes, and others, in accordance with the Act of Parliament to that intent. ^Burley.

It begins and ends in Latin, but most of it is in English. This Charter was

usually described as " the Act of Union."

A Parchmeut about twenty-eight inches by twenty inches. It has been 1. 10. Charter
a handsome document. The words u Elizabeth " and " Universis " are elaborately ronSmatioo.
flourished, and the "E" is also slightly ornamented with flower drawing. The writing 17 Eliz., 1575.
is good, but damaged in parts. The seal, of light brownish wax, is much damaged ;
but one side still shows the Queen enthroned. The seal is protected by a red silk Great Seal,
bag, apparently of the same date as the Charter ; aud is not on a cord, or separate
slip of parchment, but on a broad strip of the Charter itself, cut across the foot as
far as the middle.

This document relates to Weymouth only. It quotes a grant by King
Henry VI. in the 31st year of his reign (1452 — 3) to Queen Margaret, of divers
castles, lordships, manors, etc., and that in these possessions no Justiciary, Viscount,
Admiral, etc., should have authority. This immunity it confirms as to the manors Portland, Wey-
"de Porland alias Portlaud, Waymouthe, Wyke et HelwelL" rnou * h j Wy ke »

A small Parchment, twenty-two inches by eight inches. The writing and j. II# Order.

flourishing are lii;e those of the last three documents ; being all signed " Fanshawe." ~° £5 liz j? J 5 ' 8 "

The writing is faded and rubbed, the date " anno regui nro vicesimo," being Latin Preamble

particularly dim. The seal, of very dark brown wax, and from the same seal ^- & \j ^

218 No. 13, is in far better preservation. It is almost eutire, although partly (ireat Seal.
defaced.

This is an order setting forth, that owing to the constant disputes about

collecting the petty customs, the Lord Treasurer will appoint some one to collect Collector of

" all the profittes of the haven," apparently for the Crown. Dues.

This is a large document, filling two skins of parchment, about twenty -six I. 12. Charter
inches by twenty-one inches each. The seal, which seems originally to have been of * ns P**i! nu8 »
dark green, but is now dull brown, is much broken and defaced, but enough remains -- Ehz., 1580.
to show that it is different from that of No. 10. It is on a parchmeut slip. The \v. & ALU.
word "Elizabeth " is rather ornamentally written. The rest of the Charter is in a
good bold haud, but in parts much faded aud worn. The Preamble and Close are in
Latin, the rest is English.

C1JVSS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

This Charter quotes an " Englishe bill . . . exhibited into " Court by
Disputes. the Mayor, etc., of Melcombe Regis against the Bailiffs, etc., of Weymouth on
Sept. 23rd, 1580 (?), and proceeds at great length to insist on the complete union
of the Boroughs, so that the Weymouth community cannot act in any respect
independently of the Mayor of the united Borough ; as appears to have been
attempted.

I. 13. Order. A Parchment in fair preservation, and about twenty-nine inches by eighteen

Latin ftEnglish. inches. The word " Elizabeth " is again written in a large, ornamental style. The

W. & M. R. res t f the writing is good, but faded in parts. The seal, of dark brown wax, is

very much broken. It can be identified, however, as like that of No. 12. It is on a
broad parchment slip.

This Order seems to have been called forth by the action of Bailiffs Randall
and Brooke of Weymouth, in collecting petty customs independently of the Mayor
of the united Borough. It is laid down that the Mayor is to be the central authority
for the whole, as " elected by the more voices of the sayd newe entyre corporacion."
Only the Preamble and Close are in Latin.

Randall.
Brooke.

Disputes.

I. 14. Order.

25 Eliz.. 1582.

English,
Latin Preamble

and Close.

W. & M. R.

Burghley.
Mildmay.
Manwood.

Disputes.

Collector.

I. 15. Letter

Patent.

28 Eliz., 1586.

Latin. M.R.

Domesday
quoted.

Mockett.
Mounsell.
Martyn.

"Bourghleigh."

A Parchment twenty-six inches by fifteen inches. The writing is like that
of the last two documents, but the ornamental work extends to the three first words.
The seal, of dark brown wax, is much damaged, but less so than that of No. 13,
which it resembles. It is on a broad parchment slip.

This is an Order giving effect to a decision by Lord Burghley, Sir W. Mildmay,
and Sir Roger Manwood that, as there is a Court Leet in Weymouth, the Weymouth
people need not attend Law Days in Melcombe side ; but that they must attend
there to elect both Mayor and Bailiffs of the united Borough. Further, that two
collectors of petty customs shall be appointed, the one a Weymouth man, the other
living in Melcombe Regis.

This is a Parchment, only fourteen inches by seven inches. It is in good
preservation, but both seal and slip are gone. The writing is bold, with some
ornament.

This little document is most interesting. Her Majesty says, " Inspeximus
quemdam librum vulgariter nuncupatum ^oinesdei." (We have inspected a
certain book commonly called Domesday.) Then follows an extract, evidently in
fac-simile; " Dorse te. Terra Regis. Rex ten Melcome, <fcc." (Dorset. The King's
land. The King holds Melcombe, etc.) Therefore these present letters patent are
sent to J. Mockett, Mayor of Weymouth and Melcombe, and to J. Mounsell and
T. Martyn, inhabitants, to question their municipal rights. Witnessed by W. Lord
" Bourghleigh." This document relates only to Melcombe Regis.

1 See iii. 5.

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

This is a Parchment, about twenty-four inches by twenty inches. The
beginning has some ornamental flourishing. The writing is good and well preserved,
except where hurt by damp. About half the seal, of light brownish wax, remains ;
but unfortunately it is the upper part of each side that is gone. It differs from the
foregoing seals apparently, the reverse showing the Queen on horseback. The seal
is on a broad parchment slip, round which the parchment is somewhat torn.

The Queen says "inspeximus" the report of a Commission, also of two
Inquisitions appointed to enquire about the claims of Weymouth to the whole
harbour and both banks. Her Majesty issues " has uras Iras paten tea ... ad
exemplificand . . . teuores . . . commissions et separalm inquisition urn
• . . et . . . liici Pytt uunc maioris de Waymouth et Melcumb." (This our
letter patent to recite the tenor of the Commission and of the several Inquisitions
and of that of Richard Pytt now Mayor of Weymouth and Melcombe.)

The spirit of these Reports seems to be that " ex qua causa hoies . . . de
Waymouth naves . . . quo minus in ^edietate aque . . . versus boriam
ad . . . Melcombe . . . applicare potuerunt impediuerunt . . . ignorant/'
(from what cause the men of Weymouth have hiudered ships from coming to land
in the half of the water towards the north at Melcombe Regis, they know not)

One of the Inquisitions speaks of Weymouth as having belonged to Lionel,
Duke of Clarence.

This document is endorsed, "An Exemplification at the request (?) of . . .
nowe maior of Waymouth aud Melcombe Regis."

Her Majesty commissions T. Howard, G. Treuchard, T. Chafyn, Rob.
Freake, T. Han nam «fc Ric. Swayne, Esqrs., to take affidavits aud to inspect Rolls of
Court, Rentals, Letters Patent, etc., in order to find out what houses, lands, wastes,
etc, iu W. belong to the Crown. Witness W. Baron of Burghley. By warrant of the
Ld. Treasurer aud by the Barons of the Exchequer. Ou a parchment slip is a very
fair impression, in dark brown wax, of the Seal of the Exchequer, four inches across,
showing the Queen enthroned ; Legend, her title ; reverse, a fancy shield bearing,
quarterly, France and Englaud ; surmounted by a Crown ; Supporters, two Harts,
rampant; Legend, imperfect ; but "Sigillum Scacarii" is plain enough. M. i. 8.

Copy u ex Bundello Escaet " (from the Bundle of Escheats) of 24 E. i. A
Jury meeting at W. on the Wednesday after St. Hilary's Day, 24 E. i. find that
Gilbert de Clare E. of Gloucester, etc., was seized of his lordship aud fee and that he
received yearly from W. "de redditu assise" (from rent of assize) £\ 4, and that Pleas
and M -perquisit Cur" (profits of Court) with dues for mooring vessels (" applicatio
navium") altogether were worth 40s. Total £16 per anu. M.V. 1. 3.

I. 16. Letter —

Patent of

Inspeximus.

28 Eliz., 1586.

Latin.

W. & M. R.

Pytt.

Disputes.

M. Harbour
righto.

I. ioa.

Commission,

Feb. 23, 1588.

1-atin. W.

County

Surnames.

Enquiry as to

Crown Property

in W.
ExchequerSeal.

I. rib.
Inquisition.

1592.
Latin. W.

l «<

Medietate." Medietas .-milieu, but also in certain senses -dimiilium. Ducange.

* Perquisitnm t4 be those profits that grow unto the Lord of a Manor by vertue of his Court
Baron. Cowell. - -

s.v.

8 CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

L 17. Letter This is a Parchment about thirty-seven inches by twenty-five inches. It is

of Privy Seal, much disfigured and injured by damp. There is a large hole close to the initial, and

40 Eliz., 1598. se veral smaller ones elsewhere. Nevertheless this is still a handsome document

W. & M. R. The heading is most elaborate. The initial " E i> is eight inches high, and contains

a drawing of the Queen enthroned ; a work of great interest, although not of the
Drawing of Q. slightest artistic merit. The Queen's title extends right along the first line in very

bold characters, the capitals three inches, the small letters one-and-a-half inches in
Ornament. height. The capitals are surrounded by foliage ornament. The margin above is
filled by a band of ornament three inches in breadth, blending with the foliage
of the capitals. This band displays, in the dexter half, the arms of England and
France quartered, surrounded by the Garter and surmounted by the Crown. As
supporters, but at some little distance, are a lion and dragon rampant, each holding
a pennon bearing gules a Greek cross argent. The sinister half of the band displays
the fleur de lys, harp surmounted by a Crown, and portcullis also crowned. The
intervals dividing all these objects are filled with foliage and flowers, by no means
without beauty of a stiff, archaic sort. All the ornaments, of every kind, are faintly
shaded with bistre or some other dim brown colour. The seal is gone. Part of the
cord, of faded buff silk, remains.
Bridge. x The Queen, considering the outlay by the inhabitants on the bridge of late

newly-erected over the harbour (" nuper de novo erectum ") and the cost of keeping
up both bridge and harbour, remits all revenue from crown rents, customs, and
fisheries for a yearly sum of .£16 8s. 3d.

I. 18. Letter This is a Parchment document about thirty -two inches by twenty five inches,

14 .Tas I 1(516 over a ^* ^ con8 * 8ts °^ tnree skins of about the size given above, and one much

Latin. smaller. Unfortunately it is much damaged, especially the first skin. The heading

has suffered more than any part. The initial " J," ten inches in extreme height,

Drawing of is, however, perfect, and very interesting. It contains a drawing of the King, the

' a8 ' head not by any means ill done, in very few and firm lines. The lower part of the

drawing is very bad, especially the hands. The head-gear is remarkable, looking like

a crown worn over a hat. The King's title runs along the whole top line in capitals

two-and-a-half inches high, and small letters of one-aud-a-quarter iucb. There is a

flourishing round them, but in a weak style. The band above, three inches broad,

Ornament. into which the capitals run, is greatly damaged. Beginning from the dexter end its

decorations are a lion rampant gardant (with a very human face) bearing a pennon

with a Greek cross, tinctures not marked ; then, a rose surmounted by a Crown ;

then a unicorn rampant bearing a pennon with St. Andrew's Cross, without tinctures ;

1 The first Bridge of W. and M.R. was erected in 1597, as recorded by Denis Bond in his
MS. Chronology. He says that his father gave £40 towards it. Hutching' History of
Dorset (1863) ii. 442. The total cost wns " neerc upon 1000K " See vii. 5a.

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC. 9

and, lastly, a fleur de lys at the sinister extremity. The considerable intervals are
filled with flowing flourishes, each undulation containing a slightly drawn flower.
All these drawings and ornaments, including the good foliage round the great initial,
are slightly and rudely shaded with Indian ink or a similar colour. About a third
of the seal remains. It must have been more than five inches across. It is of almost
black wax, and is on a cord of faded buff and pink silk. On one side of the seal the
King appears on horseback ; on the other side, enthroned.

A new start is made in the Constitution of the Borough and J. Roy is New Charter,
nominated " fore <fc esse primu et 1 modernu maiorem burgi ..." (to become y * y

and be the first and modern mayor of the borough . . . ) until Michaelmas ; Ric.
Pitt and ten others to be first and modern Aldermen ; and Pet. Nettle and twenty- Pitt. Nettle.
three others to be first and modern Principal or Capital Burgesses. Regulations are
given for the election yearly on St. Matthew's Day of a Mayor from four nominated
Burgesses or Inhabitants ; and for* the formal removal of any official. Such, with
grant of considerable freedom from Admirality jurisdiction, seem to be the chief
enactments of this long and partly damaged document.

This Parchment is a handsome one, the head line being partly in large bold I. 18a. Letter
letters, the capitals ornamented with flourishing. Preamble and Close, Latin. j une 23 1618.

Whereas " debates was . . . stirred by J. Burley . . . maior of . . . Latin & English.

J J - W . & M. R.

M. R. and the inhabitants of the same ... of the one parte and T. Samweyse ami Burley.

Hugh Randall Baylciffes of . . . W. . . . and the inhabitants of the other YtendlxC

. . . " in Qu. Elizabeth's reign, it was decreed on Oct. 28, 1564. 1. That the

Quotation of
Port of W. shall be common to the freemen of both sides " to intermedle in Decree now

flchandize." 2. The freemen of Melcombe shall have half the Petty Customs on lo8t "

W. side, and the "freemen of W. shall have full liberty to buy and sell on Melcombe

side. 3. The freemen of W. shall have half the cartage and rents of a 2 " Watter Water Mill.

mill" and of the Cuuiger in M. R. 4. That the Bushellage and Head and Fee Coneygar.

Fishes are to remain iu possession of the Bailiffs of W. All this, provided it does

not clash with the ^Charter and Liberties of the Towns. Seal lost M. i. 9.

This Charter consists of seven skins of parchment, each about twenty-nine I. 19* Charter,
inches by twenty-four inches, and one much smaller. ' The seal is gone. The very Latin,

pretty cord of black, green, yellow, and pinkish brown silk, remains. ^Qp*i M ^ R

This Charter is in a very bad state. In one whole skin, and in parts of
others, the writing has almost wholly disappeared in a strange way. One or two

1 Modernus is not in Ducange, but he gives moderniter = nuper.

* This must of course have been a tidal Mill. See iv. 33a.

* It seems extraordinary that with such a proviso, the above rules should have been quoted,

seeing that they were all swept away by the "Act of Union" in 1571. See i. 9. The
Decree quoted does not remain.

c

10

Ornament.

I. 20. Copy of
Order.

14 Ch. II,

1662 (3).

Latin.

W. & M. R.

Admiralty
Order.

Weymouth
spelt with e.

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

skins are also partially discoloured and mutilated through damp. The fine heading
is, however, perfect ; save the partial fading or rather falling off of the ink. The
initial " C " is eight inches in height. The title of the King tills the first line, and
is written in capitals three inches in height, and small letters of one-and-a-half inches.
The initial aud other capitals are most elaborately and somewhat effectively flourished.
The band above, two-and-a-half inches broad over all, displays a pretty flowing
decoration of stiff conventional leaves and flowers. This is shaded with grey colour,
which from its slightly shiny appearance looks half like lead pencil. It contrasts
well with the odd bistry brown of the great letters, their flourishing, and the outlines
and stems of the flowers and leaves themselves. The Charter is ruled with red
ink throughout the writing and margins.

So much of this Charter is illegible that an epitome is impossible. The first
skin, which is the least faded, refers to the Election of Mayor, Aldermen, etc.

This Parchment, measuring only ten inches by seven inches, is somewhat torn
and much defaced. In parts it is illegible. The Mate is given as 1662 in a
modern endorsement, and is probably right, although it looks rather like March 6,
1632. This document appears to be a rough copy of an order "datum Londini in
curia n ra p to sub sigillo . . . magno " (given at London in our aforesaid court
under the greal seal,) in accordance with a decision of Sir H. Marten in the
Admiralty Court ; and is addressed to the Mayor and Aldermen of Weymouth. It
speaks of " navis vocata the St. Laura " (a ship called the St. Laura), on which,
being " Weymutham adducta " (brought to Weymouth,) an embargo seems to be
laid for some reason.

Two points call for notice. 1. This is the first instance in this series of
documents in which Weymouth is spelt with an " e " in the first syllable. 2. It
seems remarkable that, after all the elaborate arrangements about uniting the
boroughs, this formal state paper should style the Mayor as of Weymouth simply.
There has not been a seal.

I. 21. Charter.

l.W.&M.,1689.

Latin.

W. & M. R.

Engraved
Portrait of
K. W. III.

Ornament.

This Parchment measures twenty-six inches by twenty-four inches, and is in
good preservation. It is ruled throughout with red ink. The style of writing, a
modified black letter, is far less easy to read than that of earlier times. However
this is a handsome document as regards decorations. The initial " G " is ten inches
in extreme height ; and it appears to be printed, flourishing and all. It contains an
excellent impression of a fine line engraving of a half length portrait of the King.
The rest of the top line, in letters three and one-and-a-quarter inches, high,
respectively, also seems to be printed. But these letters were only in outline, and

1 From the similarity of name it is possible that the ship here spoken of is the same as that
called the St. Laurence in vi. 91a. If so the date of i. 20 must be 1632 (3).

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC. j 1

were filled in by hand with ink or colour. This has greatly faded, while the " G, w
all in printing ink, is quite black. The border above, five inches broad, and also
printed, is very quaint. It consists of four undulations of a handsome, heavy
scroll, which was priuted from a plate longer than the parchment, so that the pattern
is cut off short at the edge of the document. At the dexter end the first undulation
is occupied by a lion rampant, crowned. In the next is a sort of kingfisher. Then
there is a lion crowned and with a very wig-like mane. This lion stands as a crest
on the crown. The last undulation is occupied by another kingfisher. The seal is
gone. There is a parchment seal slip. The writing, at best far from plain, is a
good deal obscured by damp. Reference is made to a sum of £5 due annually (?)
from the Borough in the time of King Charles II., and which seems now to be
remitted.

This Charter consists of two skins of parchment, the largest of which is I- 22. Charter,
thirty-one inches by twenty-six inches. About a quarter of the seal remains, of English,
black wax. On one side the King is seen enthroned, on the other he is on horseback, ^ • * ^' ***
in Roman garb. The seal cord is red and white.

This Charter is a very handsome document, of a style altogether modern in
its elaborate ornament. As to its writing, the first line is in black letter, the rest
in a good bold eugrossing hand. The Charter is ruled with red ink throughout, in Printed

places without much regard to the printed ornament. The initial "G" is printed, is rMmen '

nine inches in height, and a good deal flourished. In the centre is a small engraved Engraved
likeness of the King, not without merit, but far inferior to that of King William III. K (J II
in No. 21. The rest of the top line, composed of two inch and one inch letters,
seems also to be printed ; but has been at least touched up by hand. Both skins
have top borders four inches broad, and side borders two inches broad ; but one
of the latter is an inch broader than the rest. These borders are all filled" with
very handsome arabesques, more or less imitated from Raphael's apparently. In
the two head borders the royal arms and supporters, and also the fleurs
de lys are introduced among various allegorical figures. All the ornament is
printed.

J This is an explanatory Charter. Quoting King James 1 first Charter arranging Difficulty about
for elections, both ordinary and in cases when for any valid reason a Mayor, eta, is ^ AWernuuci!*
removed, or when he dies ; and referring to a Quo Warranto and "judgment of
Ouster " against Ric. Tucker because he was Alderman when chosen Mayor ; and Tucker,
quoting the Petition of the Town that this may be changed as it equally bars the
election of Bailiffs or Recorder from among Aldermen, His Majesty annuls the
restriction of candidates for the above offices of Mayor, Bailiff or Recorder to
Burgesses and Inhabitants only.

1 Seeiv. 119, pp. 202, 222.

12

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

N.B. — After this follows the Charter granted by King George III. in 1804, now in
force. It fills thirty pages in Ellis' History of Weymouth, to which the
reader is referred. The second portion of Class I. here begins, as noted
before —

I. 23. Charter.

5 H. VII, 1489.

Latin. M. R.

I. 24. Letter

Patent.
2 Eliz., 1560.
Latin. M. R.

M. R. Liberties

like those of

London.

This is the last Sheet of a paper copy of i. 6.

S. 8.

Document consisting of three sheets of paper stitched. It contains a rough,
hasty copy of a "Letter Patent," of May 25, 1560, respecting the disputes between
Weymouth and Melcombe. It begins by reciting King Edward I's. grant to
Melcombe of all liberties granted to the citizens of London. The cost of, or fee for,
this copy seems to have been £5. The original does not appear to exist S. 21.

I. 25. Verdict
Feb. 7, 1565 (6).
Latin& English.

W.

Charters of \V.

K. Ethelred.

K. H. I.

I'oniit.

Q. Elizabeth.

Manors of Cran-
bourne, Ware-
ham, Pimperne,
Wyke,Portland
Weymouth, and
HellwelL

"The Copie of Waymouthe Booke, l 3 Charters of Ethelrede with the
Inquisition A° viii. E. I. and their supposed Ch r of E. I." (The principal evidence
in the possession of the Corporation as to these lost Charters.)

^Ethelred gives W. to Acser to be as free from servitude as heaven is. Let
all opponents be Anathema. Signed by the King, by Dunstan and others.

Henry [I.] by the Grace of God . . . King ... to all Archishops
. . . health in Him through whom to every sinner there may be full remission.
We have given to the 2 Church of St Swythun and to the Bishop of Winchester all
amerciaments from their men, lands and fiefs, and if any of their vassals forfeit goods
in our Courts, such goods shall belong to the Bishop, etc. No royal :l Viscount, etc.,
shall have right to enter the Bishop's lands. The Bishop, etc., shall be free from all
imposts, 4 tolls, etc., and from suits of Shire and Hundred and repair of Castles.
Their rights shall not lapse through disuse. Signed by Hugh de Burg and others,
at Lamhuke, Jan. 20, 1114 (5). Copied at the request of J. Ponnt, Merchant, of
W., Feb. 12, 1497 (8).

" The Copie of the Quo Warranto whereby the BaylyfFs of W. do clayme
theire libties."

Queen Elizabeth has inspected the ^finding of a Jury of Knights on the
Octave of St. Hilary, 8 Ed. I. (1280), at Sherborne. The Liberties of the Earl of
Gloucester and Hereford. These are connected with the manor and Chase of
Cranbourne, with Wareham, Pimperne, etc., and lastly with Wyke, Portland,
Weymouth and HellwelL In these manors various rights are claimed, e.g. gallows,

1 This seems to be a mistake.

2 That is the Prior and Monks.

3 Viscount signifieth with us as much as Sheriflfe.— CowelL s.v.

4 " Passagium " -= toll for passing through a place.— Ducange.
3 See i. 5.

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC. 13

1 infangenethef, outfangenethef, pillory, assise of bread and beer, amerciament, etc., Infangenethef.

etc, a Thursday market and " portum maris apud Waymouth cum liberatibus ad

portu ptifi " (the port of the sea at W. with liberties belonging to the port.) The

Jury find (as regards W., etc.) that the Prior of St Swythun enjoyed there all the

liberties named, and Almeric [Bishop] elect of Wynton, and the Earl's father and

now the Earl likewise. And he has 2 duties in part of the water of W. from \V. Port.

ships mooring on his own land. And he has a Thursday market beyond memory.

All this we have had copied at the prayer of the inhabitants of Portland. Feb. 7,

1565. S. 196.

In a book which is a fragment of a large folio vol. we read ; Ff. 51, 52. I.26. E xtra c ts .
" Certayne spec i all Artycles towchinge . . . Melcombe re£ charter gevinge them Latin&Enclish.

boath the name and profit of the port . . ." And certainly one extract (from M. R-

Charter, etc., of
the Charter of Ed. 1. 1) speaks of granting to M. R. profits "tarn in terra quam in _\j. r. about

portu eiusdem burgi . . " (as well on land as in the port of the same borough).

Again, 35 Hen. VI., cap. 6, " The Porte of Mel comb Reg* . . . shalbe a port to

ship marchandise of the 3 Staple." Then comes, what does not seem to be laid down K. Henry VI.

elsewhere in these Records, viz., evidence that the Act mentioned in VI. 1, came

into operation " No we followeth the clawse of poolles charte r w** takith from

Meloomb the name onlie of the port and leauyth Melcomb . . . the creeke. — M.ILPort made

a "Crock."
2 Hen. VI., 1432." " . . . non sed [sit?] port us set [sed] creka put antiquitus

esse consueuit" Yet M. is again called a port in 1458 ; and so is Poole. S. 47.

In a number of Papers upholding the rights of W. it appears that St. Edward I. 27. Papers.

(Ed. the Confr.) and Henry IL both granted the Port of W. to the Priors of St. e^J^v.

Swythun. Also that if M.R. shares the Petty Customs, TV. will be " dispeopled." Complaint from
See fuller notes ii. 9. S. 43. w -

In the Vol. "B " (see iii. 35) is a Copy of the "Acte of Union " or Charter 13 Eliz., 157l!
uniting the Boroughs. See original, L 9. B. p. 46. H^ 1 ^ 8 ^*

I. 29- Memo-
Mem™- of Charters, etc., sent to Mr. [Recorder] Hanam. S. 143 — 5. random.

Feb. 6, 1577 (8).
Eng.W.&M.R.

Copy " brevis " of a Brief or Charter. See Original i. 1 2. S. 75. Hanam.

rj I.30. Brief.

•22Eliz., 1580.
1 *'Infangthef . . . signitieth a privilege . . . granted onto Lords of certain Manera, to Lat., W .&M.R.
judge any thief e taken within their fee." By " Ontfangthef," a Lord may summon to
his own Court a vassal taken for felony outside that Lord's fee. — Cowell. s. vv.

3 *' Rivagium " = bank, or duties for mooring to a bank, or duties on merchandize brought
ashore. — Ducange. It is rendered " arrivage " in a note in the document.

* " Staple signifieth this or that Towne . . . whither the Merchants of England did carie
their wools . . . cloathes, lead & tinne . . . for the utterance of them by the
great.'' — Cowell. s.v.

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CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

I. 31. Memo-
randum.
April 10, 1591.
English.
W. & M. R.

Gondrye.
Charters, etc.

"A nott of [10] wrytinges d d - to Mr. Gondrye." Indented. Among these
are some still extant; but others of much interest are missing, e.g., "TheBundarye
under seale," "The Charter of Edw. L," "a note of the disco flye of the title of
W.," "The Copye of Mr. Watkins flchase of Raddypole" and " The Plott of the
bounds." S. 169.

I. 32. Order.

May 22, 1618.

English.

W. & M. R.

The " Newe Charter M is to be enrolled in the Crown Office and in the
Exchequer. This is the Charter or Letter Patent i. 18.

Vol. " C " (See iv. 41) p. 25.

1. 33. Acknow-
ledgment.
June 10, 1619.
English.
W. & M. R.
Charters, etc.
Pope, Pyne,
(4iear.

I. 34. Memo-
randum.
May 30, 1626.
English.
W. & M. R.
Decrees, etc.

Russell.

Alexander.

Small.

A draft Ack 1 - , by J. Pope, of certain papers delivered to him by 2 Hugh
Pyne, Esq., by direction of Mr. T. Giear, Mayor. Among them are "A Chre from
St. Swythun" (meaning i. 1), and "a Testimoniall of certaine Chrs remayning in
Winton." S. 207. 9.

Mem m by Mr. Ph. Alexander [Attorney] of " Decrees and other writings "
delivered to Mr. H. Russell, Mayor. Five Exemplifications of Decrees, none of
which seem to be extant ; a Copy of the "Act of Union," see i. 9 ; and six papers
relating to the Petty Customs, of which at least one remains, viz., an Assignation
of Lease of d°» see vi. 75. On June 20th, 1627, all these writings were delivered
to Mr. Small, the Counsel, or Town Clerk, see iv. 63. S. 220.

I. 35. Orders.

July 6, 1633.
English.

W. & M. R.,
About "Quo

Warranto."

Giear, Jolliff.

Mr. D. Giear is to ride to Sherborne to consult with the Recorder about a
Quo Warranto brought by the Attorney General against the Borough (iii. 99 seems
to be connected with this). This question of the Borough Liberties had before been
mentioned as impending. Mr. Offley, an Attorney in the Crown Office, is to act
for the Corporation in the case, and Mr. Humphrey Jolliff to " 3 sollicite the same,"
receiving £5 to retain Counsel. C. p. 129.

(The Town Clerk was to ride to Sherborne on this business, p. 131,
Aug. 9, 1633; and to London, p. 135, Oct. 1, 1633; also again to London,
May 20, 1635.)

I. 36. Quo
Warranto.

Michs. Term,
1634.

Lat. W.&M.R.

Sir. J. Bankes.

"Cop Quo Warranto." " Memorandum " that 4 Sir J. Bankes, Attorney
General, finds that J. Lockier and others have exercised all rights of a Corporation
in W. and M. R., and its port without authority. S. 227.

1 An old County name.

2 Recorder.

:i That is, probably, to act as Solicitor. A Solicitor was " a man imploied to follow suites
... for the . . . more ease of Atturnies." — Cowell.

4 It was Sir. J.'s Lady who, in the Civil War, held Corfe Castle for the King.

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

15

"A note of the Chres sent to London to Mr. Recorder." Of these the earliest I. 37- Memo-
four remain, viz., (1) i. 5, (3) L 1, (4) L 3, and (5) L 2 ; also (7) L 12 and (8) i. 9 ; p eo> 12, 1636L
and perhaps others. In the note (2) is a Testimonial of Charters " in Winton x^+v^'tl
remaining," granted by King Ethelred. (So in i. 33.) S. 237. Charters.

black spred-eagle behynd St Clement's Churchyard in y e Stroud." He sends to
Mr. J., Solicitor for the Borough (see L 35) a Court Book kept by Mr. Small, late

From Mr. Fr. Gape, Town Clerk, to '*' Mr. Humfry Jolliff at the signe of the I. 38. Letter.

June 5, 1638.

English.

W. & M. R.

Minute Book.

Town Clerk (see iv. 63), " one of the antientest, as proof of Courts being held. He

supposes no question to be made as to the Weymouth-side Court "de tribus in tres "

(three weekly) for suits under 40s. As to 1 Flottsam, etc., Mr. 2 Mayor, then in

London, can make Affidavit.

Gape, Jolliff.

This document of fourteen folios, and one tissue of contractions, is not easy 1. 39. Decision,

to read. The whole question of the right to hold Courts, and to exercise other or f^to.

Corporation privileges, is considered, and the Mayor, etc., are called on to answer May 18, 1610.

respecting the same. Sir J. Banks' name again appears. Mr. H. Jolliff signs each Quo Warranto,

folio as examined by him, and so does Mr. Bray, probably a successor to Mr. Offley bir " j njff **"
as Attorney in the Case. S. 242.

. . . any goods that by Shipwracke be lost and lye floting . . ." CowelL a. v.

* Perhaps not the Mayor of the Borough, but Mr. Barnard Mayor, a leading member of the
Town community.

I. 40. Charter granted by the Prior, etc, of Winchester to Weymouth,

July 17, 1252 (See L 1.;

1 "appticare. 3

2 **

»>

s " faaendo." Facere = dare. — Dncange.

To all sons of Holy Mother Church to
whom the present writing shall come. William
of Taunton, Prior of the Church of St Swythun
at Wyntofl, and the Convent of the same place
[wish] continual health in the Lord. Ye shall
know that we, by unanimous assent and desire
for the honor and advantage of our Church of
Wynton have granted, and by this our present
Charter have confirmed, that our port of Waymue
be free for ever : and that whoever pleases may
freely ^ring [ships] to land there, and ^lie at
anchor there as long as he wishes, and freely
depart at any time, by "giving thence to us and
to our successors and to our Church of Wynton

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CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

1 " villa " = civitas. — Ducange.

2 "acrarum." The meaning is not clear. Ducange
regards botli "acra" and "percata" or "perca" as
superficial measures. But see Notes and Queries,
5th Series, viii., Aug. 11, 1877 . . . "The use of
' acre ' as a measure of length is not so clear. The
only passage giving countenance to this is Isidor :
Orig. Bk. xv., Ch. 15. 'Ager hahett pas sue cxxv
vel pedes dcxxv cujus mensura octies computata
miliare facit,quod constat quinque millibus pedum/ "
So that an acre = a furlong, quasi furrow-long. Yet
doctors disagree, for Mr. A. S. Ellis, in N. and Q.
6th S., vi., Sept. 16, 1882, says, " The width of an
areal acre was . . . the [lineal] acre of four perches,
measuring rods or poles," a very different definition
from Isidore's.

3 " sepem." But no word like this can be found
in Ducange or Classical Latin Dictionary. Probably
it should be " sepem."

4 "quieti."

5 "ateloneo." Telon = teloneuin - douanes. —
Ducange.

6 "divisas." Divisa = finis, limes. — Ducange.

7 "se." But possibly the reflective pronoun is
here, as not seldom in mediaeval Latin, used for the
demonstrative. If so "se" would = "eas" or
"illas," se. "consuetudines," customs.

8 "ppositis." Propositus = lieutenant du bailli.
— Ducange.

9 "ministri."

10 It is not very easy to be sure of the exact
sense here. The Latin is therefore quoted —
. . "salvo tu nob' & successoriti)? nris & ecclie
nre Wynton' imppetuu cjd oiries ballivi sive
ministri dti burgi quicuq5 p loco <fc tempore
ftiint p burgenses dte ville eligant' & coram
nob' vl senescallo nro sive ballivo annuati ad
pxima curiam post festum Sci Michaelis psen-
tenP, qui nob' & successor^ nris <fe ecclie nre
Wynton' fidelitate faciant & fidelit' respond-
eant de omifi; placitis, querelis, wreccis, com-
modis, et .pficuis que de dtis villa & portu
de Waymue <fc honiinibus ibidem existentifi;
nob' & successorift; nris & ecclie nre Wynton'
accidere poterut."

the right customs due and accustomed from
thence : and that our Hown of Waymue be a free
borough within the limits and bounds below-
written, as the perambulation has been made,
and the assise, by us and our seneschal, viz., a
breadth of three 2 acres to the east of the house
of Thomas Engelram, and a length of ten perches
towards the south, and so towards the west as
far as the land of W. of Bromdon, and thence to
the north to la Hopehuse, and from la Hopehuse
towards the west as far as the 3 hedge of Gilbert
of Wycumb, and so as far as Fleet-furlanges
ditch as far as the Cross, and from the Cross
towards the north as far as Wodcumb, and from
Wodcumb towards the west as far as the spring
which is called Tunne, and so as far as the
water. We have granted therefore that all our
burgesses abiding within the limits before written
in the said town be free and 4 at rest from
5 import-duties, in water or on land and may
freely hold their burgages throughout their
limits and 6 bounds, with all their merchandize,
with all liberties and free customs (usages)
which the towns of Portsmue and of Suthampton
have and hold, or of old time were accustomed
and ought to possess, and that they may so have
and hold "themselves as well in respect of
bailiffs, 8 sub-bailiffs and 9 officers, as in giving,
selling, bequeathing, or assigning to whomsoever
they will, their burgages and other tenements
in the same town, according to the customs of
the aforesaid towns of Suthampton and of
Portsmue, churches and religious men only
excepted, 10 only furthermore to us and to our
successors, and to our church of Wynton for ever
that all bailiffs or officers of the said borough,
whoever they shall be for the place and time,
may be chosen by the burgesses of the said
town, and before us or our seneschal or bailiff
shall yearly, at the next court after the Feast of

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

1

1 «t

fidelitas," fealty.— CoweL

* "burgemota." Burgemota*, curia burgensis,
oonventus civiam. — Docange. Burghmote, a Court
of a Borough. — Jacob.

* "observanda." This may refer, however, to
the "jura et commoda" (rights and advantages)
above.

« «•;

in iusticia exhibenda."

9 This sentence is not very easy, and is here
given. " Concessit insup liberos & ad
[sic, but it must be meant for ab] omi
nativitate ac svili conditione quietos imppetuu
damavim* omes natives nros cu eordem sequelis
k, catallis qui in pdta villa de Waymue hacteft
manserunt & qd libera habeaot introitu et
exitu p tras nras, etc."

• "nativitate." Xativitas = servitude de naissance.
— Docange.

7 " quietos imppetuu clamavinV* Clamare
quietum=liberum & immunem declarare. — Docange

• " natives." Nativus = servus glebte origine et
nativitate. — Docange.

• "sequelis." Sequela = famulorum cartas.—

St. Michael, be presented, who to us and our
successors and our church of Wynton shall do
1 fealty, and shall faithfully answer concerning all
pleas, quarrels, wrecks, advantages and profits
which from the said town and port of Waymue
and the men there living, can chance to us and
to our successors and to our church of Wynton.
And that our seneschal, or other bailiff appointed
on our behalf, may hold 2 borough courts in the
same town for doing justice to all, and for
faithfully watching over all our advantages
relating to us and our successors and to our
Church of Wynton, and [these courts] *to be
obeyed in all things together with our bailiffs of
the said borough according to the approved
customs of the said towns of Suthampton and of
Portsmue, except only that it be not lawful to
them to plead in any court outside the town of
Waymue concerning any tenement or concerning
any plea by a brief of the Lord King, nor in any
manner, uuiess we or our seneschal or our
aforesaid bailiffs shall have failed them 4 in
showing (or granting) justice, those pleas relating
to the crown of the Lord King excepted. 5 We
have granted moreover [to be] free both from
all 6 birth-servitude and from servile condition
"we have declared for ever exempt all our ^rfs,
with their ^fallowings and chattels, who have
hitherto dwelt in the aforesaid town of Waymue,
and that they may have free entry and exit
through all our lands and free right of buying
and selling in waters, roads, paths, and in all
places, together with our other free burgesses
dwelling in the aforesaid town. We will and
grant that our burgesses of the aforesaid town,
out of any brewery, for the breach of assize of
beer, pay in the name of amerciament to us and
our successors fourpence only and not more.
And if by chance it shall happen that any one
of our burgesses of the said town be amerced for

D

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CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

1 "forisf to."

* In after times these would have been called
Afferors. See iv. 40.

8 "per suos pares."

4 "this," namely this assessing of the amercia-
ment.

5 "captio" = detentio, career, mala tolta, exactio.
— Ducange.

" fncatu." Mercatum = contractus emptionis,
pretium rerum venalium. — Ducange.

7 " siet," probably for sit.

8 "licet."

8 "velimus."

10 The bracketed words seem needed. The sen-
tence begins with "reddendo."

li <<

inde."

12 " extenta." Extendere = restimare. — Ducange.

13 "inde."

anything eke forfeited before us or our bailiffs,
the amerciament shall be estimated by the oath
of 2 four lawful burgesses of the said town to be
chosen 3 by their peers in any court to be heM
throughout the year, and Hhis reasonably
according to the amount of the guilt and the
ability of the guilty man. And if any 5 seizure
ought to be made, [such] as in fish or in anything
to be bought, for the necessity of us or of our
successors, let the G bargain (or price) "be better
by one penny in twelve pennyworths of mer-
chandize to anyone than it can be sold [for]
elsewhere. Wo grant both for ourselves and for
our successors, and we forbid, that no tallage or
aid be made in our free borough of Waymue
s even if the Lord King shall wish to take tallage
of his own free boroughs according to his will,
unless [a tallage is required] to be raised on
account of urgent and evident necessity of our
Church of Wynton, as, namely, if, which God
forbid, it may happen that our Church be laid
waste, destroyed or demolished, or for an aid to
be made to the Lord King by the common
consent of the whole kingdom. And we 9 will
and grant that all our burgesses in our aforesaid
borough of Waymue, dwelling or having buf-
gages, and their heirs, be free, and for ever freely
hold all their burgages and tenements, with all
liberties and free customs contained and granted
in the present writing. [These grants are to be
secured] 10 by rendering "from that town yearly
to us and to our successors and to our Church of
Wynton, a due return of auy burgage soever of
the aforesaid town, and the grant according to
which the aforesaid burgages and tenements
have been 12 valued and granted to them when
we granted to them the aforesaid liberty, and
^thereupon made this our present charter. And
we have granted to the same our burgesses of
Waymue that their aforesaid rent and any

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

19

1 •' ratam." Dacange does not give reor or ratus,
bat he says ratam = ce qui est decide.

1 July 27 is St. Kenelm's day.

» St. Valery.

4 Probably of the family from which Sutton
derives its suffix " Pointz."

9 It is hardly necessary to say that the prefix
"Dominus," "Sir," did not imply Knighthood
always. So in '* The Merry Wives of Windsor," Sir
Hugh, like Sir Elias here, is a Priest. " Miles,"
*' Knight," was generally or always suffixed to the
name of a military " Do minus," as here in the
of Sir X. de Puinz.

amerciaments to come from the said borough, be
there banded over to oar bailiffs appointed on
our behalf for this (and shall not be carried to a
greater distance) at the two principal terms of
the year, viz., at the Nativity of the Lord and
Easter. We moreover and our successors wishing
the aforesaid grant and the confirmation of the
present Charter to our aforesaid burgesses of
Waymue and their heirs or assigns to be tattled
and firm and of perpetual stability have brought
that firmness to be strengthened by the present
writing and our conventual seal Farewell.
Given at St Swithun's in Winton, in the year of
grace the thousandth two hundredth fiftieth
second, in the month of July, on the *day of
St Kenelm, these being witnesses, Roger of 3 St
Waleric then Abbot of Hide, Roger Abbot of
Abbotsbury, Master Rob. of Karvil then Official
of Wyuton, 4 Sir Nicholas of Puinz, Knight,
Master Robert of Ford, 5 Sir Peter of Curnb', Sir
Oliver then Seneschal of St. Swithun, Sir Elias
of Cumb* then Rector of the Church of Wyke,
and many others.

I. 41. Vidimus

undated.

Latin.

M. R.

Impressions
of Seals of
Melcombe.

This is a small paper, without date ; noted " Vids in officio haraldo;," and
endorsed "A noate of y 6 Seales of Armes." It gives the Pedigree of King E. I.'s
Queen, Eleanor, grand-daughter of Alphonso, King of Leon, and Berengaria, heiress
of Castille, showing her right to display the Lion of Leon and the Castle of Castille.
Below are three broken impressions of seals ; 1. — Impress, a ship with steering oar.
It has one mast, on each side of which is a shield, quarterly, Castille and Leon.
Legend, etc., see below. 2. — Impress, a sharply pointed shield bearing the three
lions, passant8, gardants, of England. Legend gone. 3. — Impress, the same but
smaller and less ornamented. Legend, see below. S. I.

Impressions 1 and 3 are from seals still remaining in the possession of the Seals of M. R.
Mayor and Corporation, as follow :

A brouze or bell-metal disk, two inches across, haviug three little semicircular Seal i.

projections, with a hole in each. *A well known antiquary seems to think that

1 Mr. Black, who at the Weymouth Meeting of the Archaeological Association, in 1871,
described the seals. The report of his remarks has been referred to in other particulars;
e.g., his notice of the steering oar which went oat of use early in the fourteenth century.

D*

20

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC.

Seal ii.

these holes were " for pegs to hammer the seal on the wax." Impress, a ship, with
arms of Castille and Leon, as above. Legend, " Sigillum de munic : de raelcoma."
A round, brass seal, one-and-a-half inches across, with good hexagonal handle,
top broken off. Impress, three Lions, passants, gardants, of England, as above.
Legend, "Sigill. maioratus vill. d melcoubreg." But the last word is hard to
decipher, and this can hardly be the real reading, or intended reading. It is
probably the engraver's error for " melcom : reg : " .

I. 42 Grant of

Arms.
May 1, 1592.

English.

W. & M. R.

Brooke,

Mockett,

Dodrell,

Barfoote, Cooke

Clarencieux.

Borough Arms.

Borough Seal
of Arms.

Seal of
Clarencieux.

Seals of
W. & M. R.

Seal iii.

.Seal iv.

Seal v.

Seal vi.

A very beautiful parchment document, in excellent preservation. It is
written in a distinct Italian hand. The initial T is illuminated, gold on blue.

At the instance of J. Brooke, Mayor, and J. Mockett, W. Dodrell and
T. Barfoote, Aldermen, Robt Cooke, Esq., Clarencieux, having seen the " Auncyent
Armes and Seales " of W. and M. R. when separated, grants as follows. For arms,
'* azure ashippe to toppes tacled and rygged gould uppon y e waues of the Sea proper,
uppon y e first and last mast twoe square banners, the first p pale gules and verte
three lyons passant gardant in pale gould, y° Second quarterlye argent and gules, in
y e firste alion ramp* purple, in y e Second acastell gould, uppon y° Hull of y« said
Shippe an escocheine p fece gould and gules, in y e firste three 1 cheuerons of y e second,
on y e Seconde three lyons passant gardant of y e first, And for theire comon Seall
azure abridge doble embateled argent Stand inge in y e Sea prop in y e chiefe an
eschochiene p fece gould and gules, 1 ' (as above.) These bearings are handsomely
(but not quite fully) emblazoned in the " Margente."

Attached by a parchment slip is an impression of Clarenqieux's official seal,
in a wooden turned box.

These arms appear on existing seals, as follow :

A brass disk, one-and-a-half inches across. To the back has been roughly
2 soldered a socket, in which is a turned walnut handle. Impress, on mainmast, Castille
and L6on, with a square banner on the foremast, beariug St George's cross, the
coloured emblazonment giving the cross on a pennon on each mast. No Legend
except S. T.

A copper disk, two-and-a-half inches across, giving the three coats as in the
first part of the grant ; which, by the bye, Clarencieux seems not to have intended
for a seal. Legend, " Sigillum Wylle (sic) Way moth et Melcombe Regis."

A companion seal to iv., bearing the arms in the second part of the grant
Legend " Sigillum Mayior de Wamoth et Melcombe Regis."

A brass disk, one inch and three eighths across. Impress, like "that of v.,
but the shield seems to bear the Lions only. Legend, " Wamoth aud Melcombe
Regis."

1 This was the bearing of one of the Seals of the Bailiffs* of W.

2 Probably in 1612. See v. 35.

CLASS I. CHARTERS, ETC. 21

2 A brass disk, barely one inch across, with socket, and mahogany turned Seal vii.
handle. Impress and Legend like vi.

A copper disk, two-and-three-eighths inches across, having a flat thin triangular Seal viii.
bit of copper roughly soldered to the back as a handle. Impress, a ship, with three
masts, a rudder and anchor, very deeply and boldly cut. On the mainmast is a sail, Borough Seal of
bearing the coat of the second part of the grant, as painted on the said sail. niiralty.

Legend, "Sigillum admiralis de Wamoth et Melcombe Regis."

This seems a right place for mention of the Maces. Plate two hundred I. 43. Maces,
years old is always interesting; and the two smaller Maces belonging to the
Borough are at least of the reign of King C. II.

The larger one of these old Maces is only one foot nine inches long. It is of
silver. The lower end is set round with longitudinal ribs or flanges about four
inches long, showing some slight gilding. The middle of the stem is surrounded by
a globe or knob, simply banded, the bauds gilt. At the top the stem widens out
conically to a diameter of two and a quarter inches. Then comes a band or fascia
of rough, pierced work. The summit of this is closed in with a flat plate displaying
the Royal Arms in shallow graving, with the initials C. R. Against the conical
portion of the head are set three serpents, curved into the form of S. The whole
head is gilt. The smaller Mace is one foot seven inches long, and resembles the
other, only that the serpents look modern, and the C. R. occur twice.

The two elaborate modern Maces, the handsome gift of J as. Bower, Esq., in
1824, do not come within the scope of this Catalogue.

1 This may be the Seal made for the Mayor in lb'93, at a cost of 9/. See v, G4.

„,,,„ CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

N.B. bee I. 24,
25, 26.

II. I. Inquisi-

tion.
(?) Temp. Jas.I.

or Eliz. Copy, undated, of Inquisition held at Dorchester in July, 1332, by Walter

Herin'ge, Rus- ^eringe, Jas. Russell, W. de Bynham and others. They say that Melcombe Regis

sell, Bynham. never had a harbour nor the half of the water between it and Weymouth. S. 2.
M. R. harbour "

rights denied.

II. 2. Declara- Declaration in Freuch of payment to Randall (" Rondell " it is spelt), of

1567 or 8 (?). anchorage and other dues on the ship " la Cressant de Tatzamblade." These dues
French. \\ . geem to have been taken as payable to Weymouth, to the prejudice of Melcombe

Anchorage paid Regis. The Declaration is signed by two Frenchmen, Auguereau and Mathewrin,

(Mathurin ?) and two Englishmen, Rogers and Allan. S. 32.

II. 3. Letter. Letter from the Bailiffs of Weymouth to the Mayor of Melcombe Regis.

April 2.>, 1«>68. .

English. They are ready to pay all duties " as be due to you uppon the last book of

Bailiffs of W. Agremente." S. 33.

II. 4. Letter. 2 Letter from the 3 Earl of Pembroke, with autograph signature in quaint

\M ii 1 f a.i\

English, capitals. He recommends the inhabitants of Melcombe Regis to refer the disputes

„ , ^Y\. to some " lerned lawier " on each side. If this is not done he threatens " some

Earl of Pem-
broke about sharper ordre of waye to be taken both to represse your obstinance . . . and

disputes. t0 preserve ... the liberties of . . . Waymouth." S. 39.

II. 5. Report. Report thereon by W. Fowler, of Hook, Commissioner to decide the

English. questions between the Boroughs ; in which he pronounces the complaint by " them

Against \\ .

of Waymouth " to be untrue. S. 40.

II. 6. Letter. Answer by the Mayor and Corporation of Melcombe Regis to the Earl of

English Pembroke, signed by Richard Pitt, Mayor, Owen Reynolds, Robert Gregory and

Pitt, Refold., G - Ba ^ e - & «•

Bagge, Gregory

1 All these are names of old Dorset families.

2 This Letter and the Reply are copied in ii. 12, ff. 52, 53.

8 He was Steward of W., Wyke, and other royal manors. See iii. 15, p. 35.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES. 23

Letter from W. Beste, J. Wade, H. Brouke, and others, of Weymouth, to II. 7. Letter.
" our fryuds the Maiere," etc., of Melcombe Regis, asking whether they were willing English. W.

to abide by the decrees already made, or not S. 42. 1. Beste, Wade,

J J Brooke.

Reply to the above, from "your poor oppressed neighbours of Melcombe II. 8. Letter.
i> - »» o i0 Oct., 1569.

Regis. &• 42. 2. English. M. R.

Miscellaneous Papers relating to the Borough disputes, especially as to II. 9. Papers.

1569 etc
collecting the customs. l It is noted among other things that, — "Ethel wede gave the English. W.

porte of Waymouth to Axe his svante." " St. Edward gave [the same] to the prior C J^ ar ^ 1 ? *f ^'

of Swythwynes." " Henry the 2 (1) gave the porte and Towne of Wamouth to the K. Edward the

prior of St Swythwynes, with Wrackes of the Seas and other libertyes, and K Henry II (?)

confirmed St Edwardes Charter." " The liberties of Waymouth were confirmed by

Edward the first, to the Earl of Gloucester, in the viii. yere of his reigne." " In K - Edirju-d I.

the vL of Edward iii. the burgesses of Melcombe claimed half the haven of K. Edward II L

Waymouth ;" and the inquisition (ii. I) is quoted. It is also urged that, if Melcombe

shares the potty customs, Weymouth would be " dispeopled, because . . .

Melcombe stands upon the mayene land." Articles for the uniting of the boroughs

are given. In one it is proposed that one street leading from the country, through Articles for

Union of the
Melcombe, to the bridge shall be free from any arrest by the Mace, and the bridge Boroughs.

itself in like manner. See ii. 11*- S. 43.

Autograph Letter to Rob. Gregory, Mayor of Melcombe, from R. Rossyl (or 1 1, xo. Letter.

" May 2 1370.

Ressyl) and Da. Lewes. They had been commissioned by the Lords of the Council English! M. R.

to enquire into the disputes ; and they call on the Mayor to state the case for R Gregory,
Melcombe Regis. S. 45.

Report on the borough disputes, in the name of the commissioners above, II. «• Report

but signed only by Da. Lewes. They advise union of the Boroughs into one, English.

" whereunto they have consented upon this conditiou that they, and every of them W. & M. R.

Lewes.

may have and enjoy all their annciente Libties and privelege which they have Proposals for
enjoyed tyme oute of myude." S. 46.

This, one of the most curious documents belonging to the Corporation, did 1 1- IIa - Inden-

not come to light until this Catalogue was nearly finished. It is simply a Protocol June 21, 1570l

of a Treaty of Peace between the Boroughs of W. and M. R. It is a Parchment yj* Q * \} h i>

Indenture between J. Allen, alias Belpit, Mayor of M. R., of one part, and W. Beste Proposals of

Peace
and J. Wade, Bailiffs of W., of the other part. Whereas great strife has long raged Allen, Beste,

between W. and M. R. it is agreed that : — Wade.

1 This Paper cannot be found.

24

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

Commons.

The Bench to

choose the

Mayor.

Seals.

Brooke,
Randall.

1. — The weekly Court of Record shall be kept one Monday in W. the next in
M. R., and so on ; and trials of right to land in W. or M. R. shall be held in the
respective Courts.

2. — Two Chamberlains (viz., T. Sara ways and 0. Raynolds) are to be appointed
to Collect all Dues, one to be a W. man, the other of M. R.

3. — The Commons to belong to each Town severally.

4. — The Mayor, Bailiffs, Chamberlains and nine others (named) are to be the
Corporation.

5. — The Burgesses are to choose four persons, two of each side, the Mayor
being one, whereof the " Benche " is to " prick " one as Mayor, by the greatest
number of votes.

This deed looks very quaint with its twelve parchment slips, still carrying
twenty-eight out of probably forty seals or more. On the large central slip is a
broken, defaced impression of the Melcombe seal, bearing a ship (see i. 41) and a
better impression of one of the lost Weymouth seals, pointed oval, also a ship,
having a shield on dexter of the mast, bearing three chevrons.

There are nearly sixty signatures, including those of the redoubtable J. and

Ric. Brooke and Hugh Randall. See ii. 39, 42, 55 and 59, etc.

M. i. 3.

II. 12. Book.
1567 to 1594.
English with

some Latin.

W. & M. R.

W. said to he

larger than

Si. R.

Manwood,
Jefferye.

Petty Customs.

Brooke.

Sir F. Walsing-

ham.

Disputes.

In this book there are some things connected with the disputes between the
Boroughs, although it is mostly occupied with Constitutions, Forms, etc., relating to
the united Borough. See iv. 11.

F. 68. Copy of Letter from the Privy Council, appointing four Commissioners
to enquire about a " senister," complaint by the Weymouth people in Articles
" falsely by them alleaged," and copied in f. 68. b. and 69. However false, they
are very curious. Weymouth is said to be a thrise as populus " as Melcombe.

F. 72. Report, not dated, from Justices Manwood and Jefferye to the Privy
Council. They say that Melcombe was, and Weymouth was not, incorporated before
the union of the Boroughs — that the customs of ships mooring on Melcombe or
Weymouth side belonged previously to the several Boroughs respectively — and that
the whole should be received now by the authorities of the united Borough.

F. 73. b. Order of Privy Council that J. Brooke, in the Fleet for contempt
of the Order for union of the Boroughs, should not be released until he is bound
over to obey the same.

F. 74. Copy of Letter from Sir F. Walsingham to the Chief Baron, Nov.
15th, 1586. He is commissioned to consider the revival of disputes between the
Boroughs. (See the original, S. 140.)

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES. 25

Copy of Report thereon, to the effect that the 1 Lord Treasurer has appointed Collector of
Collectors of Customs at Weymouth and Melcombe, to be accounted for for one year
to the Queen. S. 47.

This Memorandum consists of seventeen folios. The date seems to be Hilary II. 13- Memo-
Term, 14 Eliz., 1572. The seemingly very sensible marginal notes are an excellent Warranto,
summary of the contents. The annotator, probably the Town Clerk, or Master j 5 'j? ^
Han nam, Recorder, says inter alia : — " We have [a common seal] by the charter." W. & M. R.
" We claime " [Aldermen, Bailiffs, etc.] " We can electe and sweare." " We have a
Guildhall." "We have noe Cbamberlaine, but Recorder, Steward of Leetes, Coraon q uo Warranto
Clerk, Clerk of the Peace, Escheator, Corr. (Coroner), Clerk of the Markett, Serjeants and Answers.
att Mace, and Constables." "We have a Court of Record eu* Tuesday." "We
keepe customary Leetes, oue for Melcombe Regis, another for Way mouth, yearely after Courts.
Michaelmas." " We have no Gallowes." " Markett weekely we have." S. 80.

Copy of Letter, undated, to the Privy Council respecting the disputes U- x 4- Letter,
between the Boroughs ; with a statement to be laid before the Queen in Couucil. English.

It alleges that " they of Wayraouth " have two Bailiffs, who govern that town ^r ^li^
regardless of the Mayor of the united Borough. S. 36.

Two draft Petitions to the Privy Council, relating to the Act of 13. Eliz., n - X S Peti-

tions.
uniting the Boroughs, in spite of which disputes continue, and murder is likely to 1572. English.

ensue. Wherefore their Lordships are prayed by the Mayor, etc., to take such order fy- uteshklv

as they may deem necessary. S. 49. to lead to

Murder.

Letter from Mr. Serjeant Barsen to the Mayor, concerning the Acts uniting II. 16. Letter,
the Boroughs. He gives his opiuion that in all things the government of the united EogUsh.
Borough is undivided. • S. 50. w - * M - R -

Autograph Letter from Justices Manwood and Jeffreys to the Lords of the II. 17. Letter.

Council These Justices had been commissioned to report on the disputes between English.

the " 2 townes." They say that they have had both parties before them, with their ^v** M * P"

respective charters, etc. — that the Boroughs are united as regards "governmt, the Jeffreys.

peace, and entier jurisdiccion," also as to receiving the petty customs, etc., of the Report about

"bavou and watercourse;" but that for "private acious, sutes, etc. ... in Disputes.
Leetes and Lawedayes . . they retain e . . . the same devyded in theyr

8everall townes." And it is urged that a bridge (already proposed) should be erected Bridge
as a likely help towards agreement Its cost should be " 2 at iid. at charge of
Melcombe and Id. at charge of Way mouth," with some government aid. S. 54.

1 This was done before, in 1578, it seems. See i. 11.

* This hardly looks as if Waymouth was truly " thrise as populus " as Melcombe. See ii. 13,
under F. 68.

E

26 CLASS 11. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

II. 1 8. Articles. This is a long and formally drawn document, signed by Owyn Ray n old 8,

1575 (?). Eng. . .

W. & M. R. Mayor, and others. It is undated, but from seeming reference to the letter just

Kaynolda. aDOve ft probably belongs to 1575. Several Weymouth men, e.g., Sam ways,

dall, Ledoze. Randall and Ledoze are vehemently accused of rebellious behaviour towards

about Disputes. * ne Mayor, and of exacting petty customs for the benefit of Weymouth side.

S. 55.

II. 19. Copy This is another copy of the Letter or Report noted in ii. 13, under

of Letter. rj r

1576 (?). Eng. Folio 73. S. 57.
W. & M. R.

II. 20. Depo- This is a Deposition by N. Duboyce, Master of a " Barque of the River of

May 3, 1576. Cedrw " (?), relating how W. Ledoze boarded him and with threatening words

w^ ** \f h R demanded the harbour dues, already paid to the Mayor's officer. A sprit sail was

Ledoze, forcibly taken away in security for, or in place of, the dues. Signed by Duboyce,

yno s. q Raynolds the Mayor, and others. The elaborate " mark " of Serj*- Clark is

Disputes. WO rth notice. On the back is a memorandum of a former like offence by

Ledoze. S. 61.

II. 21. Memo- An unsigned Memorandum of the Examination of the above W. Ledoze

randum.

June 6, 1576. before the Mayor; to whom he does not seem to have shown due respect on this

W & M R occasion. He said " I hope to be found a trewer subiecte " than my accusers. " He

Ledoze. had spoken to as good men as " the Mayor. R. Pit " thelder " considered that he

should be imprisoned, without liberty to find bail. What was decided appears not

S. 62.

Pit.

II. 22. Copy Copy of, or original, Order to Justices Man wood and Jeffris to hear and decide

of Order.

June 24, 1577. on the " sundrie Jarres " between the Boroughs. Not signed. Dated from

Eng . W.&M.R. Greenwich. S. 64.
Man wood,
Jeffris.

II. 23. Order. Copy of Order from the Lords of the Privy Council to "Tomas Bromley,

English. esquyer, one of her ma* 1 * pre vie concell and to Gylbarte Gerrede esquyer here ma t4 »

^r & ¥ **" a tt orna y e generall." They are to examine into the disputes and say " what bothe

Gerrede. La we and equytie you shall thyncke mete to be don tharin." S. 65.

II. 24. Case. Case submitted to Attorney Gen 1 - Gerrede. He is to consider whether all

Mar. 20, 1578. . *^ L „ * * ,.

English. dues, etc., from the haven, and fees, etc., from all courts do not nowbelong to the

w. & M. R. new Corporation. His opinion is annexed, but is not easy to read. He seems to

•Opinion as to say that if the haven dues had belonged to either town they would now belong

to the new Corporation ; but that he is in doubt, because the Weymouth people
affirm that the dues belonged to the Queen. S. 66.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

27

This Parchment sets forth that whereas in spite of the Union of the II. 24a. Power
Boroughs, in 13 Eliz., strife continues, the Mayor, etc., appoint Roger Keate to act April 14™578.
for them in dealing with the Privy Council, or with London Courts, about the same ; T\- Kn " l \f h i>

V\ . & M. R.

regard being had to " thadvyse of Mr. Thomas Han nam, Esquier, Recorder." Keate. Hannam.

There are two parchment slips, on the first an impression of Seal i., on the second, on roversies -

a broken impression of the large M. R. Seal of the three Lions, now lost, the reverse Seals,
having an impression of Seal ii. See i. 41. M. i. 5.

Copy of a Letter from J. Younge, G. Trencharde and X. Turberville to the II. 25. Letter
Lords of the Privy Council, with a separate Certificate of their opinion. s^p t \2, 1578.

In obedience to the Council they had gone to Weymouth, where they had w El J? ^^ R

spent most of two days in " Way mouth Common Hall " in viewing Charters, etc., Younge,

and hearing evidence. They find that Melcombe is " auncyently encorporated Turberville.'

and hath bin the head porte of the shire," possessing half the haven, and all dues of

vessels arriving at Melcombe side. Further, that Weymouth never was incorporated, ^- R - ancien *ly

^ y * incorporated,

but is " a boroughe towne and pcell of the demesnes of her mat* crowue ;" and having half
but, from having a common 1 seal and a mace carried before the bailiffs, " semeth to ^° r

be a corporacion by pscription." They find that Weymouth has always had one half W. a Corpora-
of the haven and the dues from ships arriving there, the town paying a sum to the g^pti.m, and

crown as rent of those dues. They think that the new Corporation should have the having half the

port,
whole haven and dues. They found the Melcombe people reasonable, those of W. had a Seal

Weymouth obstinate. S. 68. 1, 2. and Mace *

Memorandum of the pulling down of J. Mounsell's Quay, Melcombe, by II. 26. Memo-

Ric. Broke and Jef. Preston, of Weymouth. S. 81. 14. Sept. 1, 1579.

Eng.W.'&M.R.
Broke, Preston.

Summons to H. Randall, T. Clemente, and J. Brooke to appear in the II. 27. Order.
Chequer Chamber to meet the complaints of the people of Melcombe. S. 71. Eng. W.ifcM.R.

Randall.
Clemente, Brooke.

A Parchment dated from the Exchequer Chamber, quoting an Injunction of 11.27a. Exche-

April last, that, pendiug final decision of Controversies, each town should retain its Vo™ 6 *^ 15-9

own Petty Customs, the Order sets forth that the W. people had made this a pretext English.

W. & M. R.
for " sundry wilfull outrages." Therefore, and inasmuch, further, as the Petty Continued

Customs never in any part belonged to W. except only during the Queen's pleasure, disputes.

it is now ordered that one W. man and one M. R. man shall collect the same and Two Collectors

of Pettv
equally divide the proceeds mouthly. H. Michell, illegally imprisoned by the W. Customs.

people is to be released. Pinned to the Parchment is a rough little paper naming

H. Michell as M. R Collector, and Rob. White for W., with a rudely written White,

mem" 1 by Rob. Shute, Baron of the Exchequer, expressing the Lord Ch f - Baron's and '

his own approval. M. i. 6.

1 Neither of these seem to remain, and only one impression of one Seal of Fleurs de Ljs
(see ii. 66), bat several of two other W. Seals. See ii. 11a ; iv. 12a.

28

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

II. 28. Memo-
randum.
Dec. 8, 1579.

English.
W. & M. R.
Pitt, Howarde,
Han nam,
DothereU,
Samways,
Brooke.
W. Bailiffs
resist an Ex-
chequer Order.

II. 29. Letter.
Mar. 2, 1581.

English.

W. & M. R.

Howarde, Pyt,

Tomson.
Priest's Wages.

Desire for
Peace.

II. 30. Letter.

1581 (?).

English .

W. & M. R.

Howarde.

Keate.

II. 31. Letter.
May, 1581.

English.
\V. & M. R.

Resistance to
authority.

Keate,
Clemente.

Memorandum signed by Rich. Pitt, Mayor, a T. Howarde, T. Hannam,
Recorder, and others, who went to Weymouth Town Hall and read, and showed, a
copy of the Court of Exchequer Order of Nov. 19th, 1579, touching the controver-
sies. It named Collectors, and demanded the liberation, of H. Michell, imprisoned
in Weymouth. The Order was repudiated by W. Dotherell, naming himself a
Bailiff, and by T. Samways, deputy to J. Brooke the other pretended Bailiff. They
said the Order was " a matter of no credit " — that they would collect customs or
take away " sayles from their yeardes " for them. S. 73.

T. Howarde to W. Pyt. He thinks that Mr. Tomson (M.P.) is not of credit
enough to help them much in the house. He urges P. to " dele wysely yn all
actyons and yn orderyng off your markett." He speaks of an unwillingness of some
to "pay the prestes wages." He urges the clearing away of "all the myxons and
annoyanses " before spring. He takes leave " w h my most harty prayer to God to
send pese, helthe, Love and quyetnes to dwell amonst you ; amen." P.S. — He
has not forgotten Mr. Pyt's brother Richard, but what he has already said for him
is not yet " dysgested." He speaks of sailcloth, and also of tar and pitch needed
by him. S. 88.

This, l\ke the last, is one of seven letters written by Mr. T. Howarde about
London business, relating apparently to Borough discords, with some reference to
other matters. He seems to have been Mayor at this time (1581) and W. Pitt was
his Deputy. (See ii. 33.) They are autograph, with a copy of one.

In this letter he seems not to be making much way iu London, through
having no formally drawn complaint to lay before the Council. He also says that
Mr. Roger Keate (Town Clerk) should be in London, he himself not undertaking to
solicit " y e mener sort," which consists with neither his " skyl " nor his " bryngyng
up." Undated. 1581 (?) S. 82.

(This Letter seems likely to be an answer to ii. 30, with which it is therefore
now catalogued, although placed quite otherwise in the Sherren Catalogue) —

A Draft Letter from W. Pitt to " llyght Worshipp 1 . " probably T. Howarde.
It relates to the rebellious spirit in Weymouth, where they (the Mayor and
Corporation) " have asseyed no goverment." As no law-suit is in hand they do not
know how Roger Keate's presence in London for assistance in matters of law can be
needed. T. Clemente is named, but with what intention is not clear. See ii. 27.

S. 95.

1 T. Howarde was second son of T. first Viscount Bindon, and was summoned to the House
of Lords as Lord H. of Walden, 39 Eliz., and was created Earl of Suffolk, 1 James I.
Theophilus, second E. of Suffolk was his son. The second Earl's son, James, sold the
Dorset Estates to Humphrey Weld, Esq., 1641. — Hutchins.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES. 29

Memorandum of Election of Bailiffs of W. and M. R. ; also of Notice that II. 32. Memo-

any of W. side might copy " Hhe Deere" at Mr. Howarde's house. S. 81. 9. Sept. 21, 1581.

Eng.W.&M.R."

T. Howarde to " Mr. Wyllyam Pyt my 2 depute." There is difficulty about II. 33- Letter,
passing a Bill (probably connected with Borough discords) because of, partly, the English.
need of feeing " them that should speke ffauorably," also " yn gratyfy ing the ^- *■"* M pl?t
speker n and others. Also Sir C. Hatton seems to have opposed. Randall is in Randall
London on the opposing side, watching for the departure of Howarde, who has
laboured " att his ffriends and the connsayle " to defeat machinations. He promises
to persevere " as I wold delle for them whych I loue well" There is a copy with
this letter. Undated. 1581 (?). S. 83. 1, 2.

T. Howarde "to my lovyng frends of Melcum." Owing " to the slender II. 34- Letter.
. . . or . . . yndyrect delyngs of sum of Melcum," and through one English.

Tomson " plased yn the hows by my Lord off Bedford" he can make little progress. W u and ^!* ***
Most of the letter is about wheat, apparently for exportation. He speaks of " suche Tomson.

pryses as 3 Syr Ames Pawlet sellythe." Undated. 1581 (*). S. 84. Sir A. Paulet.

T. Howarde to W. Pyt. He commends Mr. Pyt's care and desires to be II. 3S Letter,
made aware of "any dysorder off your neghbors." (Probably of Weymouth.) English.

S. 86. w * and M - R -
Howarde, Pyt.

T. Howarde to W. Pyt. "Such hath been y e exclamatyon against II. 36. Letter.

1 w 1 1 tt t 1 • 1 1 • t -»i June 9, 1581.

y e prosedyngs yn Melcumb court that he wishes to be present, with Mr. English.

Recorder Hanam, when the case then in hand comes on. (Clemen te v. Peere (1). J? * a ™J pi

See iii. 13. 15, 16.) S. 85. Hanara.

T. Howarde to W. Pyt. He acknowledges the receipt of ten pounds, which II. 37- Letter,
"cam yn a good tyme." He alludes indistinctly to Borough affairs. In a P.S. he English,
trusts " to fynd the towne clene and all )° annoyanse 4 behynd the towne removed J^' *^ M v5l
according to promys." He stays in London "to do you all good, otherwyse Behindthetown
mountaynes should not kepe me so long yn so trobelsom a place." S. 87. ~~ ^ ow

Raffe Rylandes confesses that he and others took a cable belonging to II. 38. Depo-
Purser's prize. Others, who were summoned to be examined before the Mayor, Jan. 17, 1582.(3).
refused ; one sayiug that they had Bailiffs " to redresse this cause." S. 95. 4. w^^xr ' r

Bailiffs of W.
1 Perhaps this was i. 12, or ii. 28.
* See iii. 13.

3 Syr Amee Pawlet. This must be [Sir Amyas P., one of the gaolers of Queen Mary of

Scotland. Ames = Amyas. See vi. 43.

4 " Behynd the towne " means the present " Front."

30 CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

II.39. Petition. "The copye of the Petycyon ... to the Counsell." The Mayor, etc.,

English. inform the Privy Council that T. Samways, Weymouth, having been elected a Bailiff

W. andM. R. f ^he un jted Borough, had long refused to be sworn. He was sent for to a Meeting,

abased for sub- and the Council's Order relating to the Corporation having been read to him, he

authority submitted, was sworn, and gave security for good behaviour. For this he was " with

undecent speches . . . much mysused " by the Weymouth people. Further,

Allyn, Monsell. on Aug. 2nd, J. Allyn, Mayor, being himself ill, sent J. Monsell as his deputy, with

Brooke ^ ne Aldermen, etc., to a Meeting in Weymouth Hall, where J. Brooke and Hugh

^ ??£ (ia i 1, w Randall were sitting as Bailiffs of that town. The Order was read to them, but
Bailiffs of W. e

they would not submit. Afterwards J. Brooke came with a mob to the Court,
and was fined and imprisoned, but escaped. Therefore the Mayor, etc., invoke
"yo r honorable authorities." S. 93.

II. 39a. Pro- • This Parchment is a curiosity. It appears to bo a Proclamation to be read

June 14, 1582. t° the people of the Borough, so that " none sholde be deceived by any extreme

English. reporte" as to the imprisonment of J. Brooke for having brought one Whitte before

w . and 31 . xv.

Brooke. T. Howarde, Esq. Whitte was suspected of felony, but was " simplye and w th oute

lawfull officer arrested" by J. Brooke, who was therefore imprisoned. The proclama-

Obstinacy. tion then sets forth several offers which were made for his release on certain

conditions, which he refused. At last the 2 Mayor with the 3 " bechers " (the Borough

Howarde, Bailiffs and Aldermen it seems) T. Howarde, Esq., 4 H. Rogers, Esq., with others, and

Rogers. the Common Council, fined him £20.

Seals. On a parchment slip is the large Seal of the three Lions, reverse the M. R.

ship. See i. 41. M. i. 7.

II. 40. Order. Copy of Order from the Privy Council, approving of the imprisonment of

July 3, 1582.

English. J. Brooke by the Mayor for breach of former Orders — and declaring that such

W *Brooke R ' offenders of Weymouth or Melcombe, " shall not hereafter be harde at this table,"

The Council but in the Court of Exchequer. S. 91.

worn out.

II. 41. Recog- Recognizance in £50 for T. Samwayes' obedience to the Statute for the

nizance.
July 31, 1582. government of the united Borough. (This was doubtless connected with his

^amfR' submission. See ii. 39.) S. 97. 1.

Samwayes.

II.42. Petition. " A compl ay nt against them of Weymouth." This is a small parchment

Auc 21 1582

English. document, with a parchment slip bearing a double seal, the ship, and the three lions.

W. and M. R. ft represents to the Privy Council that, as J. Brooke, in the name of the tenants of
Seals.
Brooke. Weymouth, has exhibited a Supplication against the Mayor, etc., in reference to his

1 This date is correct. See ii. 43.

* Allyn.

8 See ii. 11a.

4 Of Bryan ston.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES. 31

collision with them (as above), they think it fit to give the names and " adycions"

of his abettors, as to whose small credit they refer to the "... worshypfulls Names, etc, of

the Petitioners
of thissheere." The list is headed by "J. Brooke, baker, the chif dysturber of the forW. rights.

government of this tonne." Then follow sixteen names with " adycions." There are

four tailors, three mariners, two shoemakers, one mercer, one tanner, one merchant,

one yeoman, one husband-man, one "Uyterman" and one "bere-brewer," with the old

Dorset name, ClavelL & 94. Clavell.

On Sept 21st, the day when Bailiffs were wont to be chosen in Weymouth II. 43. Memo-
side before the Union, Mr. Mayor Allyn, Mr. Aldermen Monnsell, Bagge, R. Pytte g^^ 21, 1582.
and W. Pytte, and many others, went over. " Beinge in the passage boate," the bell r V En ^l i ^* R
of Weymouth Chapel tolled, apparently for the meeting. As they went towards the Allyn, Moon-
Hall they met Hugh Randall, J. Brooke, W. Dotherell and about sixty more. The p^^* RamUriL

Mayor desired them to return, to elect Bailiffs " for the corpacon." R. and B. said J*™^-

J ' *^ DotherelL

that they had already done so ; and D. added that in any other matter they would

attend the Mayor. The Weymouth party went on towards the passage boat, and Irregular Elec-

the Mayor and his company to the Hall. There R. and B. again appeared and

claimed the Mayor's aid to examine an accused person. The Mayor said that

another time would do for that, especially as Mr. Howarde had the case in hand, Howarde.

and he asked them again if they would assist in the Election. They gave no clear

answer, but departed. Then the Melcombe party qarried out the Election, choosing

Roger Geyer, Bailiff for Weymouth, and Barth. Allyn for Melcombe. S. 97. 2. Geyer, Allen.

" The Articles layed downe in the Exchequer Chamber, 1582, at Harford, by II. 44. Order.

my L. Treas." (Hertford.) No ^jjf 8 *

1. — " Waymouth men not to appeare at the Leete at Melcombe. n W. and M. IL

2. — The Mayor shall nominate two men of each town, of which four men one taining Borough

shall be elected Mayor for the next year. P^"^ 8 ?**?"

J J ted at Hertford.

3. — The Election is to take place in the town where the Mayor lives.

4. — The Bailiffs of the Corporation to be chosen by the Corporation, at the
time of the Election of the Mayor. The Bailiffs for collecting the Queen's rent in
Weymouth to be chosen by " those of Weymouth " only. Excepting for that
collection they have no authority, not being J.P'a

5. — On proof " that Waymouthe is anncient demeane n the inhabitants shall
have the liberties belonging to tenants in such demesne.

6. — That the Bailiffs of Weymouth shall yearly pay the "rent of the
costome of the water in Waymouth side " to Her Majesty ; " they of Melcombe n
having no part thereof, nor the Weymouth people sharing the petty customs of
Melcombe. (Two copies). S. 92. 1, 2.

1 The existence of this calling gives an idea of considerable shipping trade.

32

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

II. 45. Deposi-
tion.
Mar.21, 1582(3)
Eng. W.&M.R.
Chapell, Pytte,
Mockett, Ran-
dall, Doderell,
Lawrance.

II. 46. Letter.

Aug. (?). 1583.

English.
W. and M. R.

Complaint of
the conduct of

the Mayor
about the Salt

trade.
Pitt, Randall.

W. Chappell, Serj*' T. Pytte and J. Mockett depose that, being sent to
H. Randall and W. Doderell for Lawrance, a prisoner, R. refused to give him up
and said " that the Mayor should have nothinge to doe thaire." S. 99. 12.

Trench ard.

Brooke.

To the Privy Council. On May 1st a bark of W. and M. R., of about fifty tons
arrived with seventy q re - of salt, belonging to the Mayor and " his brother by the
law," who did " lett crye the same " for three shillings per bush 1 - On May 3rd a ship
of about sixty tons arrived, full of salt, belonging to a Plymouth merchant T. Pitt,
brother-in-law to the Mayor, and factor for him and others, persuaded them to buy
up this last cargo, to keep up the price ; offering the Plymouth merchant 2s. 3d.
a bushel. The merchant told Hugh Randall, " Bailiff according to ancient custom,"
that he "went to sell . . . unto the countrey." So, by his means, the last
cargo of salt was cried next day, being Saturday, at Dorchester Market, at 2s. 6d. a
bushel. Accordingly on Monday " the countrye came down to buy . . ." The
Mayor's Serjeants seized the first two bushels thus sold, carried them to the Mayor's
house, and stopped the sale. The merchant went to G. Trenchard, Esq., to get
license to depart with his salt, but he would not consent " till his full daies were
expyred ; " but wrote to the Mayor not to hinder the sale. He did not obey. It is
alleged that such forestalling of this and of other salt imported in " sundry
Britton's shipps " could not have happeued before the Union of the Boroughs ; as a
forestalled cargo would have been forfeited to the Queen. All which " yo r poore
orator J. Brooke," Bailiff, is ready to avow. (Not dated, but as it seems to be the
occasion of the following letter it probably was written in Aug., 1583.) S. 101.

II. 47. Letter.
Sept. 3, 1583.

English.

W. and M. R.

Sir. (\ Hatton.

Mounsell.

Byshoppe.

Blame for
seizure of salt.

Autograph Letter from Sir C. Hatton, showing a personal knowledge of the
Borough Controversies. He tells his " very lovinge frend Mr. J. Mounsell," Mayor,
with much plainness that his seizure of certain salt from Rob 1 - Byshoppe, and
imprisoning him, was a very bad action ; and enjoins him to release him on security,
and to restore the salt. In the absence of the rest of the Council Sir C. feels
obliged to write on his own responsibility, both out of duty to the Queen, as also
" of th" poor place w h I hould in the Liberty of Way mouth." He reminds the
Mayor that all old Liberties of W. remain, including the holding of Courts " for
n usances or such lyke abuses." " ffro the Court at Sunyghill, 3rd of Sept., 1583.

S. 102.

II. 48. Warrant Warrant by Chris. Anketyll, J.P., to the Mayor, to release Rob. Byshopp, who

Sept. 7, 1583. , . " « aa

Eng. W.&M.R. has £ lven security. S. 99. 5.

Anketyll.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES. 33

Summons by Chr. Anketyll to Mr. Mayor Mounsell, to appear before him at II. 49. Sum-

his bouse at Lytchet Mynster. S. 99. 2. <^ p t. g, 1583.

Eng. W.'&M.R.
Anketyll,
Moansell.

Royal Warrant to cause Rob. Bysshopp l " replegiare." S. 99. 1. 11.50. Warrant

Sept. I «»♦ 1 o©»».

Lat W.&M.R.

Bishop.

Warrant as in ii. 49, but by G. Willyams, Armiger. With seal. Addressed II. 51. Warrant

to Ric. Crewe and also his Bailiffs. S. 99. 4. Lat. W.&M.R.

Williams.

Forasmuch as W. Chappell of Melcombe was on board certain pirates, at E. II. S 2 - Memo-

Lnlworth. " to by suger," «fcc, and to show them favour, and victual them, I, Hugh Qct. 1, 158.S.

Randall, Vice-admiral of Dorset, have arrested him, until he give bail to appear at w Kn *! i ?f' R
the next Sessious " of oyer et determiner for pyrates " in Dorset. Mem ro of Randall.
>mn£ the above from R., and that he said at the same time that if Rob. Byshop pirates at
a son or friend of his " he would shoote a Callyver in him that sh d . . . K - Lulworth.

ksepe him in so vyle a pryson . . ." Signed Bernard Maior, J. (Jundrey, Byshop, Maior,

W. Pitt. (Placed slightly out of order owing to the mention of Byshop, also named <;uil,lre >'» Pltt -
in ii. :»0. etc.) S. 99. 13.

Memorandum (?) by H. Raudall, partly illegible. S. 103. 2. n 53- Memo-

randum.

Sept.. 1583.

Eng. W.AM.R.

Mem m by T. Martin and J. ffeaver that, when sent by the Mayor to ask H. 54. Memo-
randum.
H. Randall why Serj* Chappell was imprisoned, he answered that it was because Sept. (?), l.Vi3.

" be entermedled uppon the water, haven and porte." S. 99. 10. Eng. W.&M.K.

** * M art id, reaver,

Randall,

Chappell.

Original depositions before Rob. Shute, Second Baron of the Exchequer, on II. 55. Depo-

twenty-three sheets. Oet. jg § 15aT

J. Mounsell, merchant, thirty-seven years old — Em. W.&M.R.

(1.) Heard Hugh Randall affirm that the Exchequer Order made last Mich* Randall

at Hertford, was false and not "agreable" to that to which they had set their Hertford order.
hand*, and that J. Broke has said the same.

(2.) He says that H. Randall and W. Dotherell, late Bailiffs, and J. Wade Randall,

aod J. Broke, newly chosen Bailiffs, governed Weymouth, and " claimed to be " Wade, Broke.
4. Pa by virtue of their office. (And this was twelve years after the Union of the
Boroughs.)

1 '* Replegiare." "Replevie (Plevina) is the bringing of the writ, called Replegiare facias, by
kirn that hath hit cattell or other goods diatreined . . . and patting in inrety to the
Shrreeae that, upon delivery of the thing diatreined, he will peraiew the action against
him that diatreined." — Cowell. t.v. Replevie.

1 Set. ii. 44.

1

34 CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

(3.) As Bailiffs the above have received the petty customs of the Haven,
apart from the Corporation.

Resistance by (4.) Hugh and W. Randall and Ric. Broke have resisted the Mayor's

and others. " oflScers ; and they and others seized Laurence Titchinge, when arrested for felon j-,
on Hue and Cry, by the Serjeants.

(5.) The Serjeants reported that R. and others beat them and said that the
Mayor had nothing to do on Weymouth side.

Trenchard. (6.) Ric. Broke, summoned by the Serj*- to appear before G. Trenchard,

Esq., resisted and grievously wounded the Serj*-

Bysshop. (7.) Rob. Bysshop, required by the Mayor to receive from him a lawful

measure for selling salt, refused, saying that he had one from the Bailiffs of W.,
continued to use a false bushel and said that the " x Order made at Hertford terme
was not worthe a button."

(8.) Serj 1 - Chapell, when sent to W. to give notice of the Election of a
Mayor, was imprisoned there for a month and more.

(9.) It was affirmed by several that H. Randall said that if Rob. Bysshop
were his son or friend he would " shoote a callyver at him . . . that should
keep him . . . in so vile a prison."

Threat of (10.) H. Randall having purposed to kill J. Allen, of M. R., and R's son

AUe^Bysshop. having ***& tnat tnere wou ^ b* n0 quiet until one " of the best " of M. R was

slain, the deponent is in fear of his life. Signed Rob. Shute.

J. Allen, merchant, forty-six years old, deposes to one to nine substantially
the same as Mounsell had done.

(11.) The Deponent is in fear of his life, H. Randall having said to
Gregorie. Rob. Gregorie that " he wente twice upp the hill, purposing to have kylled this
Custom house deponente ;" and that he dares not go over to the Custom House. Signed Rob.
ofW - Shute. S. 105.

II. 56. Letter. Draft letter from Mr. Mayor B. Allyn, and others, to the Lord Ch f Baron

Mar. 16, 1583 (4) an( j ^ Recorder. It speaks of the intended erection of the Bridge as likely to

\V. andM. R. cause " good contynuance of j?fyt amyty." S. 143. 1.

Allyn.
The Bridge.

II. 57. Letter. Draft letter from the same to some one not named, perhaps, T. Howarde,

Ma En 6 lis^ 3 (4) ^ The ^ m ? that tbey have " framed • • • letters to the k cbeef Baron," (as
YV. and M. R. above) asking him to inspect the site of the intended Bridge when he is on his

nc g " return from circuit. (On the back is an undated list of " the xxiiii of the oomon

CounselL") S. 180.

1 See ii. 44.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES. 35

Draft letter to *Mr. Tomson. informing him that he has been chosen M.P., II. 58. Letter.

1 cos /f v

" as one in whom our onelye . . . confidence whollye relyeth." His name has English.

been returned to the sheriff with [another], who is to be nominated for M. R. by the W. and M. R.

E. of Warwick, and two for W. by the E. of Pembroke and E. Philippes Gent He E. of Warwick.

is requested to become a free burgess of the Borough. A copy of the Oath is ' philippes.

enclosed, which he may take before Mr. Recorder. The writer desires that an Act

should be " exhibited " for authorizing all decrees for union and for " establishinge Union desired.

our quyetnes, as shall be by our Solicitor moved unto you by Councell." (With

Mem m to send a letter to Mr. Gundrye, the Town's Attorney, and to the nominees Gnndrye,

of the E. of Warwick and the E. of Pembroke (?). To keep Brooke (then in Baron Brooke, Ledoze.

Gent's custody) and Ledoze in mind. S. 113.

Two rough drafts and a fair copy of Resolutions agreed on in Melcombe II. 59. Reso-
Town Hall by Mr. Mayor Mokett, Aldermen Mounsell and Allyn and others, for Feb. 1, 1585(6).
M. R. ; and W. Doderell, Hugh Raudall, W. Ledoze and others for W. They resolve 1 - T En «] i ;J- _,
speedily to devise by law the " cuttinge of all cavilles," etc. The government of Mokett, Monn-
the Town, ou both sides of the water, to be only by the Mayor as " sole governer " doderell JEUn-
in all things, Admiralty, .Coronership, Market, the keeping the three-weekly Courts, dall, Ledoze.
and levying the fee farm Rent of the whole Town. " But justify inge them selves Proposals of
of both sides to hold there severall liberties, priviledges and jurisdictions in the
righte of them selves and there severall corporacions as ffeefarmes of the same and
not of the Queene as tenants at will." They suggest four ways of promoting peace ;

1. By giving up all Charters of both Towns, and having a new one for the whole.

2. By abolishing all Offices except those of the Mayor and other Officers to be
chosen at the same time and place with him. 3. " Or by constitution among
themselves." 4. By making one street in M. R., " directly e withe the bridge"
free from arrest. Or by other means, " good in lawe whereto eight of the most
substantiate psones of either side shall stande bounde." And with " convenient

speed e a Bridge over the Haven shall pceede to be made." (See ii. 11a.) S. 111. 1, 2, 3. Bridge.

" A Breviate of the Misdemeanors of Win. Ledosse, Wm. Samwaies and II. 60. Memo-

Ric. Brooke." 1. The arrest and trial of W. Colston. (See vi. 29.) 2. W. L. Mar. 3, 1585(6).

swore in J. Chapell as his serjeant, who " performed c\ayne presse of the Admiraltye tw^^'S' r

uppon one G. Moon." 3. W. L. took the keys of W. Hall and Prison, and said he Ledosse, Sam-

W&168 Brooke

would keep them. 4. Ric. Brooke said he would obey W. L. rather than the Mayor. Colston '

5. W. L. has taken " ancoradge of certayne carvelles," etc., also " busseladge." Chapell.

6. He denies the delivery of the sails of a bark of St. Malo on payment of 4s. conduct of W.

Note. — On Jan. 30th he did this on board the Bonaventure, in presence of people,
certain Aldermen, etc. S. 119. 5.

1 He was the nominee of the Earl of Bedford. See ii. 34.

36 CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

II. 6x. Depo- Before the Mayor, etc. in W. Hall, W. Ledosse confessed that he caused to be

sitions, etc.
Mar. 3, 1585(6). made out the press against G. Moone, and said that in " Thadmiraltie he may

W E andM' R examine the Ma y°r himself." As to the forcible arrest of Mr. W. Colston he will

Ledosse, Col- answer at another time. He acknowledges that he made J. Chapell Serjeant, and

Mutloe. ' employed him about G. Moone, which C. confirms. He also affirms that Mr.

Recorder said that he would advise Mr. Mayor not to " dealle in Thadmyraltie."

H d ad t tI f D ^V *** C ' ^ roo ^ e *^ so avowe< ^ tnat ^ e would rather obey W. L. in " matters for the

people. Towne," than the Mayor. L. avowed that he " fette " the Hall and Prison keys out

of the Serjeant '8 house and would keep them. And Serj 1 Mutloe confirms this.

With " some a doe " the Mayor got the Prison key, to commit two offenders, but

not the Hall key. S. 119. 6.

II. 62. Memo- Before the Mayor, etc., in W. Hall, W. Ledosse said "flatlye " that in matters

randum.
Mar. 26, 1586. of peace he had as much to do in W. side as the Bailiff of the Corporation or the

En ^J^^ R - Mayor. Then L. and Mutloe speak about the Keys, as above, ii. 61. S. 127.

Mutloe.

II.63. Articles, Copy of Articles against the Mayor, eta, in M. R. side for breach of the Decrees

etc.
Mar., 1585 (6). ana * " usurpinge uppon the Queene's Ma ti08 Baylyfes of W."; with draft Answers.

w En ^ ll M p *' They refuse to accept a W. man as Collector of Petty Customs. Answer

Complaint of — They have not refused any man " as by the decre is appointed."
M. U ST people **• ^e " Cartinge," etc., in M. R. are not collected by the same man.

with Answers. Answer — The duties have been so collected, except the carting, which has always

been collected by appointment of the Mayor, and kept towards the Recorder's and

Attorney Gundrye's fees for Town business.

3. Whereas the profits of the towns should be bestowed where there is most
need, this is not done, nor is the carting accounted for at all. Auswer — The
Collectors have accounted for the money, which has been spent on W. side.

4. The Mayor usurps on the Bailiffs by dealing with the Jurisdiction of the
" Admiraltie of the Water," the three-weeks Courts, Leets, Law-days, Clerk of the
Market and Coroner of W. Answer — Although the Mayor is by Statute authorized
as above (except as to the three different Courts which are held by the Queen's
'Steward) yet he has never exercised such authority, being hindered by the W. people.

5. The Mayor " do extortlye usurpe " by taking for his own use the " hedde
feefysshe and busselage." Answer — He, by Decree, may lawfully do so. Objections
by the Mayor, etc., against them of W. The profit of the passage boat, j£3 6s. 8d.

Sale of Land by [during the last year 1] is kept by the W. people. 2 The Bailiffs of W. have sold
1 8 * land in fee simple without consent of the Mayor, etc. S. 116. 1, 2.

1 The High Steward of W., Wyke, Portland, Wareham, etc., Manors. The E. of Pembroke
was Steward at this time.

5 Some of their original Feoffments remain. See iv. 12a.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES. 37

Briant Hitch ins, of Plymouth, deposes that W. Ledosse would pay for only II. 64. Depost-
thirteen out of fourteen bush, of wheat, the other being his fee " for busleges," as April 5, 1586.
L/s own mem™- (pinned on) sets forth. L. said that the Mayor had nothing "to Eng. \\.&M.R.

doe uppon the water." B. H. "his signe " is curious, w ffi- S. 119. 8. Hitchins.

Hitchins' mark.

T. Clarke, Collector for the Corporation, deposes that, on Mar. 25th, he went II. 65. Deposi-
tion,
to a " Carveylle . . . mored uppon W. side," and was told that 4d. had been April 9, 1586.

paid for anchorage to one calling himself Queen's Bailiff, and one of the crew r^k LetloMB

identified W. Ledosse as the man. Also he took anchorage for two " Western " Dispute alx>ut

boats the day before. S. 119. 9.

Petition (ff. 16) to L d Burleigh, L d Treasurer, Sir W. Mildmay, Chanc. of the II. 66. Petition.

Exchequer, Sir Roger Man wood, Ch. Baron of the same and T. Gent, Baron of the 15^

same, from the Inhabitants of W. (This indefinite designation is objected to iu a ^ 8 i- ,8h * f ^'

marginal note.) F. 1. — W. " dyrcct over againste ffrannce," and " upon the mayne the inhabitants

sea," for thirty-five years has had great contests with M. Regis about profits of the tne ' m^r.

Haven and divers liberties also. F. 1 — 4. — The Petitioners recite what has been people, with

notes on behalf
enacted for union of the Boroughs. F. 5, 6. — Each Borough, however, retained its of the latter.

own special liberties. F. 7. — Accordingly on Nov. 22nd, 25 Eliz., it was decreed

that W. should elect two Bailiffs to collect dues in W. and account to the Queen. Bailiffs of W.

(Note. — This is allowed as to rents on land, but not dues on water.) F. 8. — Also a

W. and a M. R. Collector of Petty Customs should be chosen by the Corporation.

F. 9. — They say that, as W. is demesne of the Queen the inhabitants still have the

right to elect Bailiffs of their own, to be J.Ps., and to perform the duties of Admiral, W. Bailiffs are

J Ps
Coroner, Escheator and Clerk of the Market in W. (Note. — The Bailiffs before the Denied.

Union were not J.Ps., and the other offices have been by Statute transferred to the

Mayor.) F. 9, 10. — They claim the whole haven or river. (Note. — This is denied. Harbour

claimed.
W. had right to ouly half.) They claim the W. Market tolls for W. side. (Nota — o^iy hajf

This is denied.) F. 10, 11. — Injunctions have come from the Queen and Council that allowed.

W. should enjoy the whole profits of the haven, without the Mayor's interference.

But the M. R. people are reported to have forged writs to the contrary, which Forgery by the

the Petitioners have searched for in vain in H. M. Court of Record. ("Travs reportwl

this," in the margiu repeatedly.) F. 12, 13.— The M. R. people have built on the Traversed.

*Quay and bank to the injury of the Queen and the W. people. (Note. — By " Quo Encroachment

Warranto " M. R. possesses water and soil under it from the middle of the haven, Denied!

and they have built only on their own ground.) The Mayor, etc., to " violett" the

W. liberties, have Collectors of Anchorage, " ffyshe royall," etc., for the whole port,

and of profits of the W. market, for benefit of M. R. people. (Note. — This has

1 See i. 14.

3 A quay was palled down by the W. people. See ii. 26.

38 CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

been done, but not for private use, except " busseladge and fee fyshe " which by

Admiralty and Decree are the Mayor's fees.) F. 13, 14. — The Mayor has taken the offices of

by the Mayor. Admiral, etc., named before, and keeps from the Petitioners "the 1 mace beinge the

Scepter of peace," and beyond all memory belonging to W. (Note. — " The mace

belongs to the head officer.") "By whiche their encrochement her ma tie shalbe

W. fortified, disenherited " of her customs, etc., and the town and haven of W. " w^ alwayee

Loss to H.M. hath byne fortifyed, weakened and lye open to the euemye," and the Petitioners be
feared .

debarred from their liberties. (Note. — " Theie be not debarred of any thinge

w h theie ought to enioye.") F. 15. — Having to pay £12 a year to the Crown as rent

of the Customs, they now cannot do this. (Note. — This is payable for lands.) F. 16. —

They pray that such order may be taken as may stand with reason and equity.

Penruddocke, Signed J. Penruddocke, Raylfe Pudsey. 2 Note at foot, that a letter in accordance

Mockett. Gent. w ^ n * ne Petition be written against J. Mockett, Mayor. Signed T. Gent.

S. 120.

II. 67. Deposi- Before the Mayor, etc., J. Brooke said that he was sworn in as Constable by

May 26, 1586. ^ ne Queen's Steward, at the W. Law-day, at Mich 8 last, and that he had arrested

Eng. W.&M.R. an( j imprisoned people : also " that he was bounde that he could not serve nor God
Brooke consta- r r r

ble of W. nor the Queene." S. 119. 11.

II. 68. Ques- Six questions respecting Ledosse's proceedings, as given in ii. 64, etc.

tions. rt

July 6, 1586. *>• H 9 - 14.

Eng. W.&M.R.
Ledosse.

II. 69. Letter. From the Privy Council, with autograph signatures of Lord Burghley, Lord

Ene. W.&M.R. ^' Howard, Sir. F. Walsingham, etc., to T. Howard, G. Trenchard and J. Williams,

Lords Burghley Esqs., saying that, as the W. people "continue their accustomed unlaw full
and C. Howard. ,/ ,„ ,„

Walsingham demaunds," the three gentlemen are to assist the Mayor, the W. people nominating

£ tJ§? tnree ther Justices, all to act together, one on each side to be a quorum. From

Trenchard, Windsor Castle. (Also two copies, with the designations, and not the names of the

J. Ps. to assist signatories. Also copied in S. 47. F. 78.) S. 134. 1, 2, 3.

the Mayor.

II. 70. Brief, This document consists of ff. 10. F. 7 is endorsed " M. Swayne's brevyat,

etc
Michs. 1586. Mich., 1586," applying apparently to all seven first folios. F. 1. contains the

English. substance of the " Bill " by the W. folk, as in ii. 66; and ff. 2 and 3 give Mr. Mayor
W . and Al . R.
" Bill " by the Mockett's answers, in accordance with the marginal notes to ii. 66 ; also the

W ' answers an<l " Replication" of the W. folk, insisting again that the Corporation have nothing to
Swayne, do with Admiralty, W. Market, " cullage," or customs in W., and that the Mayor has

M ocke£fi

no right to " busselage " or the " fee-fish." In a " Rejoynder " the Mayor maintains

1 See ii. 25.

* This is probably i. 15.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES. 39

his former assertions. In ff. 4 — 7 are minutes of rather vague and conflicting

evidence. W. Gibbes (F. 4) " sayeth that W. side had a l SSmt and Mace 9 yeres Gibbes.

J & W. Mace and

before 13 Eliz. : concerninge the Admiralty and Arestes of good es but not for 2 j>iens Serjeant.

peonnes." Hugh Randall (F. 16.) " sayeth he hath hard . . . that Holandshed Randall.

a Keper of Recordes in the Tower delivered a Quo Warranto to Best (his informant), Forgery

for a Pottle of Wine, and Best thought it to be forged because he had it so good Warranto"

cheape . . ." He (R.) says that he has received customs on M. R. side for W. suspected.

Holandshed.
side, and that W. pays £10 a year " for their howses," and 40s. for Cull age and

Customs. In ff. 9 and 10 appear the provisions of the Act of Parliament passed in

reference to this litigation. The Mayor, etc., have right to petty customs and profits

in both towns, saving any lands, etc., held by them separately heretofore. The

Decree 237 Eliz. (1. 12 ?) is quoted as showing that it was then clear to the Court

that half the haven, and all accruing from that half, belonged to M. R. before the

Union, and the other half to W., at 40s. rent yearly, but only at Her Majesty's

pleasure. That the whole of the petty customs, eta, are to be collected by two Bye Laws as to

men chosen by the Mayor, etc. That the W. Bailiffs are to do nothing more than e tc.

collect and pay in the fee farm rent of W. (£10 yearly), and 40s. for the water on

W. side, which the Mayor is to pay over to them. That tne Mayor, etc., may use

all Leets, Law-days, Liberties, Fairs, Markets, Lands, etc., as the several towns

formerly did. That the Mayor is head officer in all causes, " aswell for the peace as

otherwise, 11 for both towns ; reserving the Leets, Law-days, and three weeks Courts ^ • Courts.

to be still kept in W. by the Queen's Steward. S. 142.

From T. Howarde, Esq., to Mr. Mayor W. Pit He speaks of some II. 71. Letter.

" outrage," in which " they deny any wepon yn hand, or offered to be brought yn ]«w w.&m.r.

place." He further says that he has decided his "brother Horsey" (as High H ° w * r de» Pit,
Sheriff?) to reject the nomination of Burgesses by the Bailiffs, and to accept only W. Bailiffs
such as are chosen by the Mayor, etc. From Walterston. With seal S. 136. encroaching.

Draft Letter "to my L. of Warwyke " from the Mayor, etc., who say that II. 72. Letters.

they have given to him the "noiacon of one of the Burgesses of M. R. side, to be English

ioyned w th Laurence Tomson, gent," and with a nominee of the E. of Pembroke, and w - an ^ ^- **•

Tomson.
EL Philippes, gent. And they have returned their " Indentures" to the Sheriff

"w* ii blankes." They beseech his Lordship's " furtheraunce " for stopping Nominee M.Ps.

controversies " wiche do daylye ryse amonge us," on the Statute of 13 Eliz. (i. 9).

Draft Letter to saying that neither Mr. Trenchard nor

Mr. Williams could meet him as intended. S. 119. 22.

1 13 Eliz. (1571) was the date of the "Act of Union " of the Boroughs.
* Prehension (?) [of] persons.

40

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

II. 73. Letters.

Oct., 1586.

English.

W. and M. R.

Gundrey, Pytt.
Wimoorne.

Tomson, Phil-
lips, Sprynt,

Hanam.
E. of Warwick.

James alias
Ledosse.

Mr. Jo. Gundrey to Mr. Mayor W. Pytt, referring to affaire of Ric. Pytt's,
but also to " Towne busynes," in which he is submitting the Statute of Union to
Mr. Swayne. See ii. 70. Wymborne, Oct. 11, 1586. S. 138. 1.

The same to the same. He finds little to do in London, and wishes himself
in the country " untill Alhallontyde." However he has procured an order that the
W. people shall have " publicacon " only of depositions which concern their own
town. He has "dauuced attendaunce for the Barnes of the Burgesses of yo r Towne."
For M. R. they are Mr. L. Tomson and Mr. E. Phillips the " Concetto 1 " " for " my
Lord of Pembrooke " Mr. W. Sprynt, a friend of Mr. [Recorder] Hanam 's. The
Earl of Warwick's nominee is not yet known. He presses for a witness to be sent
to London, to depose that James [alias Ledosse] has offended since his recognizance
to obey. From London. Oct. 22nd, 1586. S. 138. 2.

II. 74. Memo- Mem m of eight " writinges d d to M r - Gundrye," of which several remain, e.g. 9

Jan. 15, 1586(7) ^ r * Swayne's " Brevyat," Green's Evidence, Letter of the Council about help to the

English.

W. and M. R.

Oundrye.

Mayor, and Schedule by Ledosse about Busselage. See ii. 70, 76, 69 and 65.
(This Mem m is placed out of date because it seems to be connected with ii. 73.)

S. 165. 2.

II. 75. Letter.
Oct. 26, 1586.

English.

W. and M. R.

Howarde, Pitt,

Preston, Sam-

ways, Horsey.

Bailiffs of W.

Muster at
Dorchester.

From Mr. Mayor W. Pitt to T. Howarde, Esq., saying that the examination
of Hugh Preston and his brother, for certain disorders, must be again delayed, as
the Mayor and others are summoned to the Exchequer through " that idle peon
Wm Samwayes." He requests Mr. H. to get from Sir J. Horsey the Indenture of
the " ptensed Bayly fifes " (for a M.P.) as a proof of the rebelliousness of the W. folks.
See ii. 71. Answer at foot that Mr. H. asked for the " Yudenture ... at the
musters at Dorchester," but the " undershreyve had it" S. 139.

II. 76. Letter. Letter with autograph signature of Sir F. Walsingham, to the IA- Ch f Baron,

Nov. 15, » 15^- asking him carefully to consider the case between the " seditious " persons in W. and

Sir F. Walsing- the people of M. R. He hopes that if the affair is as reported, those persons will
ham's

autograph. receive "condigne punishm 1 " (Copied in S. 47. F. 79.) S. 140.

II. 77. Depo- In the Exchequer Court, before Baron J. Sotherton. In twenty-five folios.

S L586 S These are the original Minutes of Depositions by J. Mockett, Merchant, J. Pytte,

Eng. W.&M.R. d<> T. Martin, "Yoman & Towne Clarke," all on May 13 : W. Dottrell. Mercer,

Mockett Pytte

Martin, ' Dott- W. Pytte, Merchant, and Ric. Moutlowe, " Yoman " and Serjeant, on June 8 ; and

rell, Moutlowe, j Q rene> Dorchester, Merchant, on Nov. 8. The first three reply to eleven questions

1 This gives an odd idea of elections in those days.

CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

41

relating to Ledosse's misdemeanors as recorded in vi. 29 and ii. 60, 61, etc. One or
two extracts may be giveu. J. Pytte deposes to seizure of sails by L. On the
Mayor demanding them he refused unless the Mayor gave him 20s. "And so stode
with the maio r and pore men abating by little and little " to 4s. J. Mockett says
that when Mayor, he wished to make Ric. Broke " one of the number of the ^xiiii,"
and sent for him for that purpose, but he refused and said he would sooner obey
L. He also says that VV. Sam ways spoke of the Decree at " Hertford tearme" as
of small moment, through which kind of talk the W. people " contynue verie sore
and moche disordered." The three deponents on June 8 speak concerning the
arrest of Ledosse, Ric. Brooke and W. Samways, under a Sheriff's Warrant to the
Mayor.. W. Dottrell, a Bailiff* bf the Corporation, says that Ledosse when arrested
came " courteouslie " to him and promised to appear when required, but represented
that he feared he should break the liberties of \V. if he were to enter into a bond.
Moutlowe and Pytte speak of Brooke's and Samways' violence. Pytte saw B. "drawe
his dagger or poyneadowe aud sweare by God that if either the Maio r or the
Serjeante did come neare him he would stabbe him." Dottrell saw J. Brooke come
before the Mayor when sitting as judge in D.'s house, because L. kept him out of
the Hall. J. B., offended at his brother's arrest, said he would act as Constable
having been sworn in last Mich* , and if the Serjeant came to him with processes he
would beat him worse than his brother had done. Grene's deposition is imperfect.
He says that about July 6, Ledosse refused to let the Mayor have a "fee bushel" of
wheat, saying that he " did . . . take extortelie " the said bushel. The Mayor and
L. " then both upou the Key . . . contendynge and debatynge " went into the bark
whence the wheat was being landed, and L. said to the Mayor, "Come if you
dare." S. 131.

Misconduct of
Ledosse.

Disputes
fomented.

Threats of
violence.

The Mayor
excluded from
W. Townhall.

The Mayor
resisted.

Mem 8 - of the W. people's replies to certain Articles about rights. The most II. 78. Memo-

ran da

important seems to be that " Kyng H. the first had grunted Way the port of Temp. Eliz.

Way mouth before Kyng Ed. the fyrsts tyme to the Prior of Saint Swytheynes of i J . u, V? a £ e< *w

Wynchester." S. 143. 3. Grant of har-

bour rights to
W. before the
grant to M. R.

A curious Mem ni slightly imperfect. It records that J. Broke said that the
exemplification (copy) for the " Unitie of the Haven " was forged by a priest of the
North Country (I) for £20 ; aud that 2 H. Holman of Portland was witness of it
Signed by Hu. (?) Boybart and J. Davys de Beauford. Then comes a P.S. that on
a former day, at the same place, he said that pensions had procured the Royalties,

1 That is the Town Council.

* He seems to have had an enquiring mind. See iii. 15.

II. 79. Memo-
randum.

Feb. 3. 1587(8).

Latin & English
W. and M. R.

Alleged forgery

of an exempli-
fication.
Broke, Boy-
bart, Davys.

(J

42 CLASS II. BOROUGH CONTROVERSIES.

etc., of W. and M. R., and that if his bond of £500 were discharged, he would spend

£100 in the quarrel. But the great interest of this paper is that it appears to

Boar's head, record the above as having been said " apud le Taverne vocat the J Bores Hedd,

London." S. 146.

1 It is needless to remind the reader that this Inn is immortalized as that in which Falstaff
"took his ease."

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,
WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS.

These Minutes consist of a bundle of twelve pieces of parchment, of variouB
sizes, fastened together at one end with a little thong of parchment. The largest
piece is about seventeen inches by eight and a half inches; the smallest six inches
by two and a half inches.

The contents are the Proceedings in the Law Court of Melcombe Regis. One
small parchment is intrinsically very curious. It is the record of a " *Cur pedis
puluie," held in Nov., 1397. Such a record, of so early a date, Mr. Riley considers
to be rare.

The interest attaching to thpse rough little parchments, with their dim
writing, is very great. With the exception of the four earliest Charters, there is
no writing in the possession of the Municipality, and informing us as to the Borough,
so old as these Minutes. And they give us a curious glimpse, however slight, of
the condition of Melcombe Regis almost five hundred years ago. The Law seems to
have been regularly and firmly administered. Groundless indictment was punished
by fine. Raising unjust "hue and cry " caused the delinquent to be 2 amerced 6d.
Several crimes of violence were punished. A sword, a " 3 baselard " (cutlass), several
"daggars," a club, a staff, and lastly a rake, figure in depositions respecting assaults.
Persons are fined for unlawful brewing, and for selling beer in vessels under standard

III. i. Minutes
of Proceedings
in Law Court

of Melcombe
Regis.

1396—1398.

Latin. M. R.

Pie-powder
Court.

A Baselard.
Assaults.

Short measure.

Curia pedis pulverulenti = Cours du pied poudreux = Pie-powder Court = Dusty foot
Court. "It signifieth a Court held in fairs for the redres of all disorders comitted in
them; which . . is Bumary . ." As to the word "Pie-powder," "Skene reporteth it
to signifie a vagabond, especially a merchant, which hath no place of dwelling, where the
dust may be wiped off his feet or shooes and therefore must have iustice sumarily
ministred unto him, viz., within three flowings and three ebbings of the sea." — CowelTs
Interpreter, 1637, sub voce.

Amerced. — See note on Amerciaments under iv. 40.

Baselard us = Basalardus = Coutelas. — Ducange.

G*

Pie-powder
Court.

44

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

Barber, Cartcre, measure ; also for placing refuse in the streets. These two classes of offence,
— y '-- ' specially the last, were later a ceaseless grief of heart to the Magistrates.

Among surnames in these Minutes, and still existing or well-known here, may
be mentioned Barber, Cartere, Clavyle, Cole, Ketes, Mom ford, Northover, Russell,
Vicary, and Webbe. Maiden St. is mentioned, also the "Chapel" of Melcombe.

S. 4.

Ketes, Mom-

ford.Northover.

Russell, Vicary,

Webbe.

Maiden St.

Chapel of M. R.

III. 2. Minutes

of Proceedings

in Law Court

of Melcombe

Regis.

1400.

Latin.

Seizure for
debt.

Stray horse.

Presentment

•or Verdict by

Jury.

Pie-powder
court.

Surnames.

This is a buudle similar to the last, but consisting of only four parchments.
The largest is about twelve inches by eight inches, the smallest three inches by two
inches. The latter is the only parchment in a good state. It contains " Melcombe
Panell, de To Hokke a. h. iiii. pmo " (Melcombe panel, of Hokke Term, 1 Henry IV.
1400). Of the thirteen names that follow, some are still familiar, some not; e.g.
1 Aprey8. The two largest parchments, containing the bulk of the Minutes, are a
good deal crumpled and rubbed ; which, with the fading of the ink, makes them
hard to read in parts. There seem to be only three cases of any momeut. T. and
Willelmina Cole, executors of the will of H. Frampton, complain of Emma Gilbertea
for debt. She is attached by seizure of a small pot and a cup, valued at 13s. 4d.
Roger Fox had found and retained a barrel of "pych." He made fine with the
court iu the sum of 2s. A black horse had strayed into the Borough bounds, and
had not .been claimed. The decision was that the bailiff was to take charge of it
"qu°sque -supannaP " [sit] (until it be superannuated). It may be worth while to
insert a Verdict verbatim. It is dated Tuesday next after Michaelmas, 2 H. IV.
(1400). " XII em lifii vir q°r noia patent in cedut huic rot anftx pr q a quidiB extneua
extr 1 cultellm* conr pace sup aim extraneu ie m iui pleg Thorn* Cole." (Twelve
free men whose names appear iu the schedule affixed to this roll present that a
certain foreigner drew a knife against the peace on another foreigner, for which
[inde % from thence, for his appearance about this] T. C. becomes bail.) The roll
ends with three lines of Minutes of another Pie-powder Court, Dec. 6, 1400.

Several still familiar surnames appear in these parchments ; e.g. y Abbot,
Baker, Crokker, Elert (Ellard), Elys, Fox, Frampton, Walysh (Wallis), and
Richards. S. 5.

III. 3. Minutes This enrolment consists of only one parchment twenty inches by eight and a

in Law Court na ^ inches. It is more handsomely written thau the others, having a little bold,

of Melcombe ornamental work in the headings. Parts of it are very dirty and faded, and therefore

1455, 1456. hard to read.
Latin.

1 A prey 8. Perhaps Ap rees, usually changed into Rees or Price.

2 The " Blue Book" gives this "quousque superannuat." I tind no such word in Ducange,
and the word looks to me like superannatus = suranne' - superannuated.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 45

The " tastatores " (tasters) of ale report Geoffry Samwyse as having brewed Taatatores.

Sam w V86

twice, an>i Alice Houpere once, and sold ale, coutrary to the assize. They are Houpere.'

amerced 2d. and Id. respectively. Under pain of 3s. 4d.j R. Chapman is to remove

a " canem mordenP " (bitiug dog) that injures sheep and poultry. The constables Dangerous dog.

are asked " qr non hent hie ad hunc diem 1 bill & 1 baclm " (why they have not

here to-day one bill and one staff), which seem to have been used in an assault and A B*} 1 to 1 ^ e

J produced.

should have been produced.

St Thomas Street is mentioned. S. 6. St. Thomas St.

These are paper* mostly relating to Law Courts ; but the cases of themselves 1 1 1. 4- Minutes.

• • mi i • -ii 1556 to 1569.

have not much luterest. I hey bring out some curious particulars however, e.g., a Latin & English

tailor's bill of 1562. A few items follow. M - R *

Tailor's Bill.

For makiug " of a pare of Velve hose " - - - 6s.

— cotten to lyne the pare 2s. 6d.

— — — *' beare out " the same - - - - 2s. 4d.

— cloth " to work the stockings " of the same 4s.

Again, in auother paper the variety of coin specified is curious : — " octodecim V r arious coins,
s tat era argenti vocat xviii. Mary .groets, quinque solidos vocat fyve Elzabethe
shillings . ." Also Is. of Philip and Mary, "one Spanysh ryall «fc a half and one
peny of Queene Elzabeth's quoyne," all = 12s. lOd. S. 34.

Two little Parchments pinned together long ago apparently. The first III. 5. Letters
contains the Queers " litera? patentes," setting forth that she has inspected " librum j^gf} 1566

vulgariP nuncupat Doomes Daye" (a book commouly called Domesday), showing that Latin. W. ?

Domesday
the King holds Portland, and receives a rent of £65 a year from it. Which we quoted.

have granted Ho be copied at the request of Rob. Pylman. April 22, 1562. With Port l and -

a small seal of the Exchequer. S. 144. 1. Seal.

The other Parchment, hardly ten inches by two inches, also from the Queen,

appears to be a reversal of a decision agaiust Hugh Randall, by Fr. Lane, for an Randall, Lane.

alleged debt of £12 8s. 8d. Oct. 26, 1566. S. 144. 2.

In this Book, mostly filled with other matters, are some entries connected HI- <*• Book.

1567 to 1594.
with Law Courts, especially at f. 99, which contains forms of Jury Presentments. Latin & English

One of these is against " lusus -talorum & tregebette." S. 47. Usu^TaJorum

andTregebette,

These are two Depositions or Mem* relating very particularly to the Borough HI- 7- Depo-
sitions.
Disputes, uuder which head they are described. See ii. 19, 20. S. 61, 62. May 3 and

June 6, 1576.
English.
1 "exempliticand." "Exemplification of letters Patent is a Copy . . .of" [them]. — W. and M. R.

Jacob, s.v.
* Dice.

46 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

III. 8. Recog- This is a parchment document, with a fragment of a seal. It is the

July 17. 1571. " Recognizance " of Hughe Charwlles, Typler ; similar in form to numerous examples

Latin & English in the Fo lio Vo l. B. S. 48.

W.andM.R.(?)

III. 9. Minutes ^his j 8 a BmB \\ folio paper book. The Minutes begin in January and extend

of Weymouth to Oct. 1, 18 Eliz., 1576. They are for the most part in Latin, and of little interest,

Regie being chiefly records of Actions for Debt. One, p. 53, etc., and in which Owin and

, . 15 ^J?* ,. , Roger Gregorye were concerned, seems to have been of some importance, having beeu
Latin & English 1 «

before the Queen's Bench, as appears from three Briefs from that Court. One case

Arbitration. is settled by Arbitration, " in forme . . . folowinge, viz., that all . . . maner

aecons . . . betwene the sayd ptyes from the Beginninge of the world unto . . .

the date of these [tats shall ceasse . . ," and each pay his costs aud be friends

(page 46). In page 61 is a curious list of goods seized, the Latin freely rendered,

e.g., :i unfl vetus culcitrfl vocaP an olde fetherbedd with a fewe fethers in him."

S. 56.

III. 10. Orders. Eleven Orders by Mr. Mayor Monsell, to the Serjeants, for arrests and calling

U 'J9 lir 1 " of Juries in rebus Raynolds v. Gregorie, and Keate (Town Clerk) v. Gregorie. (Two

Lat. W.&M.R. in duplicate.) S. 81. 1 — 13.

Raynolris,
Keate, etc.

III. 11. Record This is a curious document. It is, in its present form at least, a narrow

Court of Wey- r °N rcore than six feet long. It contains the Minutes of an action Knight v.

mouth and Mel- Churchill for trespass. Imperfect. S. 78.

combe Regis. u r

1580.

Latin & English
Knight v.
Churchill.

III. 12. Depo- Deposition or Mem m about rebellious words of H. Preston against the

sitions etc.
Temp. Eliz. Mayor, and of Ric. Brooke against Mr. Mokett, late Mayor. No date. S. 59. 3.

E \' C \ lit' Latin Deposition of Rob. Peers, by his Attorney Alexander, concerning injury

\V. and M. R. done to a mare. No date. S. 59. 4.

1 res ton

Brooke,' Latin Deposition of T. Lewse, gen., denying an alleged debt of £4 16s. Od.

Mokett. t0 j Davic . No date. S. 59. 6.

An Instruction, apparently, as to mode of proceeding in some case not
defined. No date. S. 59. 7.

Latin Depositions relating, partly at least, to the case above, Davie v. Lewse,
the latter of whom, " solempniter vocatus " (being solemnly called), did not appear.
No date. S. 59. 9.

Keate com- Deposition in writing so faded as to be illegible in parts. It is a Deposition

^rowbeatni *V or ^ emm 1()f com pl aint 8 against Roger Keate, Town Clerk, for browbeating a witness

witness.

» See iii. 22.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 47

in a Court held by the said Keate in Portland, aud for threatening to get the

witness summoned to appear in Loudon. The case was T. Sam way es v. J. Portland, Sam way es,

about title to certain land in Portland, in which Keate showed great partiality. On

the back of the paper, but scored out, is a further accusation that Keate had

concealed from the Mayor certaiu " originalle pcesses " which came irom the Sheriff.

Keate on his own authority made false returns to the Sheriff, who thereupon entered

this Liberty by a process of nou omittas, " to the breache of the libertie & . . .

sclauder of the Mayor." S. 59. 15.

Letter. T. Hauam, Recorder, to W. Pitt, J Deputy Mayor, re Clemente 1 1 1. 13. Letters.
v. Peeres, at the trial of which he wishes to be present. May 5, 1581. (See j u jy jy° \5&\ m

ii. 36.) S. 81. 15 w Ba ^ n '

W. and M. R.

Do. Do., asking for delay of this case until he can be present, it being a Hanam, Pitt,

matter of weight, and " restinge somewhat dyfficulte." Wymborne. May 18, 1581. Wimborne.

S. 81. 16.

A long Letter from Deputy Mayor Pitt, apparently to the Mayor T. Howard,
re Jackson v. Barge. Juue 2, 1581. S. 81. 17.

Letter from Mayor (?) of Blandford, to T. Howarde, Mayor of W. and M. R., Blandford.
about a Marriage Certificate. July 17, 1581. S. 81. l& Howarde, Pitt

Order that J. Peere have restitution of what he lost by a former decision III. 14. Decia-

now quashed. (This former decision was probably in Melcombe Court, see Sept., 1581.

ii. 28. 15, 16.) S. 87. w - »*"* M *•

' Peere.

A small folio paper book, covered roughly with an old parchment indenture, III. 15. Minute
of May 14, 1577. Further, this iudeuture seems originally to have been part of a Latin & English
leaf of a large priuted book. On the outside is written " Cubile cupit adolescens," 15 ^ 3 -
and "And he that hath none may go like a mom, The wost of all his kine." In parts
the book is much faded, discoloured, and decayed. It is a great curiosity, being Minutes of
apparently the only remaining Record of Weymouth Courts. *f \y Ware-

Although begiuning on Oct. 1, 1582, eleven years after the uniou of the nam » etc *

Boroughs, the Minutes of that day are headed " Waymothe Burgus. ss. -Cur. Legal. W. Borough

still so styled.

1 Deputy, it seems, to T. Howarde, Esq. See ii. 33.

* The term " Curia Legalis " does not occur in Cowell, the Termes de la Ley, or the Student's
Law Dictionary. But from the latter it would seem to be the same as Court Leet. For
Court Leet is ** likewise called the View of Frank Pledge." It " was ordained for the
Punishment of Offences against the Crown, . . . under High Treason, but such as are
punishable with Loss of Life or Member are only inquirable and presentable at this
Court, to be certified over to the Justices of Assize."

48 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

cu 1 vis fFrauc pleg uuacu cur Maflii doue Regine . . ." (Borough of Waymouth
to wit. Court Leet with View of Frank Pledge, together with the Court of the
Manor of the Lady Queen.) The Presentments contain some odd Latin, e.g., p. 16,
Butts. " claves sive Kaia vocat le towne Kaye." P. 15, "The Butts are deficient," and

p. 72, are to be "newe made." P. 5, Under-tenants are not to feed cattle "upon

«r /, ^ the wall or in the coraone." P. 19, Pigs are not "exire ad larga iu eomm campo "

W. Common. ° ° r

(to go at large in the common). P. 25, A law term occurs here aud elsewhere in

this book which has not been noticed iu any others of these Records. "Ad hanc

Loquela. -'Loquele pendent inte r Johana Brooke vid ^ ct Johem Wade deff ..." (At this

[Court] imparlances are depending between Joan Brooke, widow, complainant, and

Three-weekly j. Wade, defendant . . .) This was at the "Cur dom Regine do tribuseptimanis."

(The Lady Queen's three-weekly Court.) There was a Weymouth Serjeant at Mace,

Portland Court, j. Drynkwater. P. 29, etc., The Portland Minutes are headed " Porlaude al.
and
Place-names. Portlande." Portland place-names occur, e.g., P. 29, " Neale's Croft, Skurle's

Croft, Soothe and Nootherne Breston," aud P. 3G, " Westoue." In pp. 37, 38, is a

copy of a long letter from the Queen under the Privy Seal, dated July 13, 1576, and

K. of Pembroke, addressed to the Earl of Pembroke, " Headd Stewarde " of the Manors of Wyke,
Manorbteward. J

Howman. Portland, and Weymouth. It sets forth that H. Howmau, master guuner of Portland

Castle, has found rentals, etc., showing that certain lands in Portland, belonging to

Encroachments the Crown, have been unjustly takeu by private persons. This is to be redressed,

and H. H. is to be admitted tenant of such lands to the value of £3 per ami., as

reward. Then pp. 39, 40, follows copy of a letter from Holman or Howmau to the

Portland Earl, describing encroachments, viz., Justice. Gofer's, Hormyng, Whytt's, and Barley
Place-names. J

Crofts, land in Smalcombe, Church Knappe and Reape Lane. He says that counsel

have given their " resolute oppynyons " that H. M. Letter is warrant enough for

Lord Burleigh, resuming possession, and quotes a Rule of Lord Burleigh and Sir W. Man wood to

Manwood t ^ 10 8ame en<ect > ana< an Exchequer Order. Wherefore he prays the Earl to " sease

the sayd louds." Undated, but soon after Michaelmas, 1582. Then, P. 4\ 9 comes

Holman. a Latin decision that Holman, " tormentor sen balistar " (gunner), is admitted

Pimperne Court tenant. Dec , 1582. In P. 43, etc., are Minutes of three-weekly Courts in Pimperne

Hundred; at which P. 10, etc., the Warrener of Blandford, aud P. 43, etc., the
Place-names. y " Decino " of Knyghtou, Durweston, Pimperne, Lamstone, Gounfylde, Stower

1 View of Frank Pledge. At the age of fourteen it was the custom for every free-born man
to find surety for his truth towards the King. A certain number of neighbours
(commonly ten) became bound for one another, and this company was called, it seems, a
" pledge." At a " View of Frank Pledge," the Judge had to see that everyone in the
Borough was in some Pledge. Co well. s.v. Frank Pledge.

- Loquela sine die (in Old Law Records) an Imparlance or Petition for a day of respite in a
Court of Justice. — Bailey, s.v. Loquela, apud Anglos = Placitum, Causa, ant causa?
prosecutio. — Dncange.

3 Decenar.us = Daciner = Overseer of ten Friburgs = one Tithing = u — . — CowelL
s. v. Deciner. — Bailey, s.v. Tithing-man.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 49

Payne, etc., present all well. There were also Deciners in Wyke (P. 48) for Deciners.

Soothover, Northover, and Elwell ; also (P. 53) a ul Mersor" (?) for Wyke and for Mereor.

El well. In P. 50, Knoles Combe in Portland, and P. 53, etc., Brydge in Wyke are

mentioned. In P. 72 is an Order that the Charters, etc., of W., and the Seal, be W. Seal and

kept in the Common Chest, and nothing be taken out except before twelve

Burgesses. Also in P. 72, an Order that a fine of a penny for every foot is to be

paid for allowing " pyggs to goo att lardge." The late Mr. Riley read the end of Stray pigs.

this Order, " the fyerst (first) to take to the same ;" but, with submission, it seems

to be "the syrent (serjeant) to looke to the same." P. 79, etc., contain Orders for

paying " 2 Landcheff " on land in Inmost Haye, Portland. In P. 80, the Wareham Landcheff.

Wardi am
Minutes of April 15, 1583, are headed " 3 Wareham Burgus. ss. Curia Legalis," etc., Court.

as in W. Minutes, Oct 1, 1582. A refuse heap near St Mary's is presented, a

matter one would think more for the notice of the Mayor of Wareham. But indeed

he seems to have been under the Manor Steward, for (P. 83) there is an Order that Mayor under

the Mayor is not to admit strangers to the Borough but with the advice of his °Manor Court °

brethren, and consent of the xii. Jurators. Penalty £10. S. 98.

Recognizances for good behaviour of J. Clarke, Anne Whitte's daughter, and III. z6. Recog-

i t rto o «ir nirances.

others. Jan. 2,5. S. 95. 5. 1532 (3).

Latin & English

Warrant of G. Trencharde, Esq., for Ric. Broke, of Weymouth, to be brought III. 17. War-
before him at Wolveton. S. 99. 9. 1583. English.

Trenchard,
Broke.

By Mr. J. Mounsell, Mayor, with seal (defaced), for calling a Jury to try III. 18. War-

W. Saunders and Ric. Edwardes. S. 103. 1. § ept j 1533

Lat. W.&M.r!

These Minutes are coutained in some loose leaves in a very decayed III. 10. Minutes

condition. They extend from Oct, 1584, to Sept. 28, 1585. Besides the Law j n j jaw Courts,

Proceedings there is the record of the Election of four M.Ps., L. Pembroke and ete » °f }Y e y*
mouth and Mel-

J. Brooke for Weymouth, and H. Swayne and L. Tomson for Melcombe. The Election combe Regis.

1584 1585
of all of them was held in Weymouth Hall. (Three sheets together, one sheet, and y^tin & English

four single leaves.) S. 107. Pembroke,

Brooke, etc.

1 Can " Mereor " be the " Dipper," or official who put the Cucking Stool into operation?

* Landcheap is "an ancient fine . . . at every alienation of land ... in some peculiar

land . . ." — Bailey, s.v.

* May not this co-ordinate power of Manor Officials in an ancient Borough like Wareham,

afford some clue to the pertinacious self-assertion of the W. Bailiffs in the new Borough
of W. and M. K. ?

H

50 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

III. 20. Ad- This seems to be a list of addresses of persons at Paris, Valenciennes,

dresses

Feb. 15, 1584(f)). Antwerp, Tournay, Ghent, and " Heddynge ;" or rather, perhaps, a list of letters

Fre i n ™' t> found on Lucas Dorlege and Simon Vandevelde (?) " being examined." S. 95. 9.
W. and M. R.

1 1 1. 21. Minutes This is a small thin folio paper book, not quite perfect, containing Minutes

1584 5
Latin & English °f a Court not named, but with the Mayor (Hugh Randall) presiding. The

W. and M. R. Proceedings consist mostly of actions for debt, with some sales of Town land, and
Randall. 6 1 ,

do not seem to call for extracts to be made. S. 163.

■

1 1 1. 22. Articles Articles against Roger Keate, late Town Clerk.

May 4 1584
and Letter ' 1- Whereas for the fees of any one cause, however long, he ought to take

Mar. 17, 1586 (7) on j y 6 / 8 he exacted from H. Knight £6 more, in Oct., 1582.
Eng. W.&M.K. J '

Keate. Fees. 2. At Dorchester Assizes in March, 1582 (3), and at Sherborne Quarter

Sessions soon after, he attempted to indict J. Allyn, then Mayor, and Aldermen

Surnames. Mounsell and Maior.

3. He called Mr. Mayor Mounsell, and others assisting him " in seate of
Justice," ..." doltes, with other vile speaches."

4. ! At Portland, in an action between Sam way es and J. Portland, about
Browbeating a title of certain land there, Keate " folowed the cause against Portland," and browbeat

wi tn poo

his witness J. Peel's, threatening him, and serving him with a process to appear in
London. Being poor, Peers went to Keate afterwards, and begged to be released
Angelet. from that journey. Keate consented, but made P. pay " an angelet of golde," and
take an oath not to give evidence on Portland's side.

5. (Scored out) Keate concealed certain Processes sent from the Sheriff,
whereby it came to pass that the Sheriff entered this Liberty by writ of non omittas,
to the breach of the Liberty and " sclander of the Mayor." (With a rough draft)

S. 95. 7, 8.

Hanam. With this may be takeu a Letter from Mr. Recorder Hauam to the Mayor

Howarde. an ^ Aldermen, saying that Mr. T. Howarde has heard that they have not kept their

promise " heretoforethis made " to Roger Keate, with whom they are at law ; and

advising careful action so as to retain Mr. Howarde's friendship. Wimborne

Minster. March 17, 1586 (7). S. 117.

III. 23. Order, Order by Mr. Mayor Mokett to summon a Jury to try Ric. Brooke and Rob.

Mar.l^Nov.28 Whitte ' ( LatiD "> March 28 ' 1586 ' S ' 119 ' ?•

1586. Depositions by W. Stagge and W. Pitt respecting a " fardell of 2 Tregar,"

W. amlM?R. called first " Dowlas," but this word is scored out. The fardel contained eleven
Tre ^ k ^wla8, half pieces. (English.) April 19, 1586. S. 119. 10.

1 See iii. 12.

2 Tregar does not appear in Bailey's Dictionary. Dowlas is a linen fabric. Falstaff complains

of shirts of " Dowlas, filthy Dowlas."

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 51

"A Testimonyal " that in the matter of the said Tregar, W. Pitt is blameless, Pitt,

as against Gilles Ravenel. (Latin and English. A rough draft, apparently by the
Mayor ; to be copied and sealed.) June 10, 1586. See vi. 80. S. 119. 12^

Deposition before Mr. Mayor W. Pitte, by Rob. Franke of Sewberie in Sudbury ?
Essex. He confesses the theft of some fish, " drye and weatte ruggin," and a net. Ruggin.
(English.) Nov. 28, 1586. S. 119. 23.

" Recognizaunces for ffleshe " by six persons at £50 each (March 7), and III. 24. Recog-
seventeen at £20 each (March 9), not to kill, eat, or suffer to be killed or eaten, in Latin & English
their respective houses, any flesh during this Lent, unless with special license in Ma , r iJ; ^?. 9 '

cases of necessity. Six "supervisores," one being of the odd name of "fflandergowsin," W. and M. R.

1 on No meat in

were sworn in. S. 130. Lent

Flandergowsin.
From Chr. Percie, " Wicecoines," to the Mayor, etc., requiring them to cause m. 25. Pre-
any accused persons, within their jurisdiction, to be arrested and produced at the p , C oF \ kq~
Dorchester Assizes : also to send all freeholders of £4 a year, or upwards, to serve Latin* English
on Juries if required. With seal of crest, and castle below. "Per T. Mayo Subba-" Liability to
[llivum]. S. 147. *erve c^Jurie*.

•' In most lamentable manner," J. Loder and four others complain that Nich. 1 1 1. 26. Petition
Hunt and J. fforse u doeth use victulyng <fc keping of Shoop contrary to the Lawes," g^" w amr

and to the injury of the petitioners, who therefore pray the Mayor to call them to Lnlicensed

* f\ 1 u- c iki Shopkeepers,

account. Only one signs his own name. S. 151.

Order by Mr. Mayor W. Pytt to summon a Jury re Jones v. Frampton. HI. 27. Order.

Aug. 29, 1587.
S. 16o. 7. Lat. W.&M.R.

Fourteen papers in various actions for debt, presenting no points of particular III. 28. Law

interest. S. 187. 2-14, & 189. 1. Feb 28^60^

to Dec. 3, 1609!

Latin k English

W. and M. R.

As many presentments have been made against J. Pitt for enclosing a certain III. 28a. Feoff-
x piece of the Drove, at the East end of W., dividing it from the Manor of Wyke, he j^ 39 \Q04 m
is now formally put in possession of it, at 2d. yearly rent, on condition that he puts ^rr^^j'w" p
"Bouudstoues" to mark the limit of the Borough there, and that he allows a footpath Town Drove,
to " Waymouthe Northe " (Nothe). Nothe.

N. B. It must have been another part of the Drove for the persevering
encroachment on which Ric. Brooke was often presented. See iii. 67, 103, etc.
" Drove " is a word still in use in the sense of a lane or thoroughfare for the driving
of cattle, rather than the passage of carts. M. iii. 4.

1 Sheriff. —Cowell. s.v. Viscount,
n*

52 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

1 1 1.29. Minutes This is a small folio paper book, in pretty good preservation. It contains
Oct 1604 to

Aug., 160ti. Minutes of the Court of our Lord the King, " apud Guihaldam " (at the Guildhall),

Latin ft English wn ich has been holden time out of mind. Extracts are scarcely called for, except
W. and M. R. J ' r

Adym. perhaps the record of the escape of Arthur Adym, who " ex prisona . . . fregit

8 pmon° m fugit evasit and rescussfl fecit " (out of prison . . . broke, fled, escaped, and made
rescue). Court held Oct. 9, 1604. S. 194.

1 1 1. 30. Minutes This is a volume similar to No. 29. It contains Minutes from Sept 9, 1606,

^ril 1 ^609*° t0 April 20, 16 ^ 9 ; but is ira P erfect and disarranged. Extracts not called for.
Latin ft English S. 193.

W. and M. R.

1 1 1. 31. Minutes Another similar volume, containing Minutes of the " Curia Domini Regis "

J^%1 6 °H309 ( Court of the Lord Kin S>' from 0ct 21 ' 1606 > t0 Jan ' 31 > 1609 ' The Proceedings

Lat. W.&M.R. are for debt, the routine being broken only by a few Recognizances, etc., and one or

two Indentures of Apprenticeship. For instance, at the Court of Oct. 4, 1608,

Damon, J. Damon, Shipwright, taking W. Moatyer as Apprentice for ten years, binds himself

.\I0atV6r

.to allow the latter at the end of his time, "four suits of appell lynnen & wollen,

Shipwright's • • • XX8 -> & • • -his axe, his adze, an augere, a caukinge yron, a mallett, a

tools. Clawhammer, a Clinchhammer, & a gimlett." S. 195.

1 1 1.32. Minutes This is a thin paper folio like the foregoing. It extends only from July 4
July to Sept., J J *

1609. to Sept. 4, 1609. Extracts not needed. S. 198.

Lat. W.&M.R.

III. 33. Pleas, This number of papers consists of a Royal Warrant to the Borough Serjeants

etc

Mayl, 1609, to f° r tue arrest of Michael Laurence, May 1, 1609, four Pleas for Debt, March 22,

Lat r '\V^&M 1 R 1610, t0 Aug " l6, 1612, a Plea re8 P ectin £ delivery of " quatuor mille le3 slatts"

Slates. (four thousand slates) at £1 per thousand, Nov. 25, 1612. S. 207, l— 6.

Also a Deposition about the maritime affairs of the Borough, but of no
particular interest. 1609. S. 199.

1 1 1.34. Minutes This is another folio paper book, containing Minutes of Proceedings of the

A Oct.. 1 16?6. t0 Borough Court (Curia Domiui Regis), from April 20, 1613, to Oct. 1, 1616.
Lat. W.&M.R. g^ 204.

Folio H. N.B. Here begin extracts from a large folio volume measuring seventeen

inches by twelve inches by four inches, recently bound in green vellum, with metal
corners, and escutcheon on each cover. On one escutcheon is the title, "The Records
of the Char tera, Peace, and Matters of Justice for the Town of Weymouth and
Melcorabe Regis." On the other escutcheon is " 1646," being the first, but not
earliest, date given in the book. Lettered at back "B."

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 53

With the exception of a few leaves at intervals the volume is pretty closely
filled with writing up to p. 636 — mostly Law Minutes. But see class iv. 40. After
that come a number of blank leaves. Then follows an index, recently pasted in,
giving dates of forty-seven "leaves which, being loose, were inserted without
reference to dates." With them the volume ends.

At a Court of JPlacita (Pleas) before Mr. Mayor Roye, the Recorder, Bailiffs, 1 1 1. 3S Minute.

Sept. 30, 1616.
aud a Jury. Latin.

The Presentments are only four in number, but are curious, e.g.

W. and M. R.

" W. Brabant c us tod it domu tiplendm sine licentia . . . Abellus ffeaver fet aliil A^ nst
r ^ c J drinking.

sunt coes frequentator [es] domorum tiplendiar et coes ebrii " (W. Brabant keeps a
tippling house without a license. Abel Feaver [and others] are common frequenters
of tippling houses and common drunkards.) B. p. 78.

At a Curia Legalis and Vis*- {franc pleg. (Court Leet and View of Frank- 1 1 1. 36. Minute,
pledge), these Presentments, inter alia, were made. " Sterquilinium . . . prope le Latin & English

Jetty " (a refuse-heap near the Jetty) is complained of and ordered to be removed w - "J"* ^* **•

Jetty.
" citra ffestum Na u Dm. px. futur" (this side of the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord

next). There are no less than six similar complaints. One " sterquilinium " was Refuse heaps.

" in 2 venella " leading to the house of W. Waltham, the Mayor ; another " super le

Wharfe inter Sellarium dti Johis Pitt et le Key David: Gyer" (on the Wharf between Wharf.

the Cellar of the said J. Pitt and the Quay of D. Gyer). Maiden St. is mentioned. Maiden Street.

In St Mary St. was "a standing poole of water continually w ch hath bin Rented St. Mary Street.

theis many yeares, and yet there is noe reformacon, whereby . . . Children [are] Pools in the

street,
ofte likely to bee drowned." Another " greate standing poole in . . . the ffryery Friary.

land " is complained of. It was agreed that " the Bell be ringed from Michaelmas Bell.

to Lady Day, and that he may have 20s. for his paines that doth it." It was

proposed that " twoe Chamberlaynes " may be appointed to receive and disburse the Treasurers.

revenues of the Town, " which hath received wronge by the Maiors." Whereupon

<; clavi ciste huius ville committebautur custodie R. White et R. Knyghte, Ballivis, White,

et J. Roye uno Aldermaunoruin " (the keys of the chest of this town were committed nyg ' y *

to the keeping of R. W. and R. K., Bailiffs, and J. R., one of the Aldermen).

B. p. 79—81.

At a Curia Legalis the following Present meuts, etc., and many more, were 1 1 1. 57. Minute,
made. H. Hopkins "fucit le slaughterhowse in medio vioi ville*' (in the middle of i^tin AEnffliah

a street of the town). Margaret Page is liceused to keep an iun, two sureties being ^ • a °d M. R.

Slaughterhouse

1 Placita comprehends Pleas, Pleadings, Debates and Trials at Law. — Student's Law

Dictionary.
5 Yenella, an alley. The word is not obsolete. There is " Friar's Vennel " in Edinburgh.

54 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

bound for her good behaviour, and a number of conditions laid down ; e.g., she is to

Sunday " suffer none to tipple in her house on any Saboath day or festivall dayes in the
obse r vance

time of divine §vice or Sermon," or at any time after eight or nine p.m. in winter

and summer respectively. She is to "suffer noe carding, dicing, tabling, or any other

Unlawful unlawfull games." She is not to brew, but to " take her driticke from the Brewer,"

I? AIll CS

who is " to sell the beste after 6s. the barrell, and the small after 3s." She is to
Price of beer, sell " by the alequartt and not by juggs or cupps . . . the best for Id. the quartt

and the second for Id. the pottle." If, however, she brews, she is to sell at 3d. the
gallon for the best, 2d. " the middle sortt," Id. for the " smaller sortt" She is not
Forbidden days to suffer flesh to be dressed " upon forbidden dayes unles for very needefull occacons
tor mea . such as the Law shall abeare." Sixteen more similar licenses were granted.

B. p. 82—84.

"I-3» Minute. At pi acitjlj <j ie g^tie (Sunday), March 22, 1617, it appeared that the above

Latin & English rules had not had much effect, for the jurors present several publicans because

Court held oii '* braxant et tiplen 1 Anglice doe brewe and tipple" contrary to articles. So they

Sunday. forfeit their licenses for three years.

Licenses
suspended. Again, Widow Hodder, another publican, had allowed " malu m gestu m in

Sunday domo sua die Sab tie duis sub vicibus tpibus divinar™ precum " (bad conduct in her
observance.

house on Sunday, on two occasions, at times of divine prayers).

Forestalling. Christiana Totnes and others " sunt com 8 2 iugrossator : Buttiri et Ovor m "

(are common monopolists or forestallers of butter and eggs). B. p. 85.

1 1 1.39. Minute. At a Curia Legalis, Presentments were made again about " sterquilinia apud

English & Latin ^ e Jetty et apud angulum venelle ducentem ad domum W. Waltham " (refuse-heaps

W. and M. R. a ^ the Jetty and at the corner of the alley leading to the house of W. Waltham).

Maiden Street. "Vicus in le Mayden Streete est valde ruinos* . . . ante Ie Backdoore R. Hill

Friary. et alio 1 " " (The road in Maiden Street is very ruinous . . . before the back door of

St. Mary Street. R Hill and others). The "standing pool" in the Friary, and the disrepair of St.

St. Nicholas St. Mary Street are still complained of. So arc many refuse-heaps, heaps of stones, and

Hell house. " \q$ earth et durte" in various places, as St. Nicholas Street and the " venella" at

thYsea-side. tne house called 3 Hellhouse. The " venella ducens versus le Seaside " (the alley

A Mantell. leadiug towards the sea-side) has been encumbered with merchandize. " Le Mantell

Ba gg- of the Chimney in intore domo mansionali J. Bagg est valde piculos* ad faciend

ignem " (The Mantle of the Chimney in the inner part of the dwelling of J. Bagg is

1 Tabling. Playing at Tables = Backgammon. See iii. 104.

2 " Ingros&ing " = " Forestalling," which " is the buying of . . . merchandize by the way

as it cometh toward the Faire or Market ... to the intent to sell the same againe at a
more high and deere price." — Cowell. On Oct. 6, 1645, T. Vye "intercepit ang°* fore-
stalled " train oil. — B. p. 444.

» See iii. 66, 120; iv. 41.

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very dangerous for causing fire). A number of persons, the first being " Comes

Arondell " (the Earl of Aruudel) are presented as having failed to appear at this E. of ArundelL

View of Frauk pledge. J. Read is ordered to remove " le soyle et durte " from the

" locus ferianus, Anglice the Markett Place " every Wednesday at daybreak, and Market Place.

every Saturday in the afternoon. Mention is made of " retia vocata [s] eame *nette " Unlawful acts.

(nets called seine (?) net), and of the piles of the Bridge. B. pp. 86 — 68. Bridge.

Minute of License to Eliz th Audney to keep a public house, with sureties and 1 1 1. 40. Minute,

under conditions as in the case of M. Page, above (iii. 37) ; only that in the present j^^&Engijgh

instance it is added that if E. A. will not sell beer to her poor neighbours at 3d., 2d., W. and M. R.
or Id. a gallon, according to quality, the Bailiff or Constable may *' enter into her
howse and sell the same to the poore at that price.*' B. p. 89.

At a Curia Legal is, several Orders and Presentments agaiust encroachments III. 41. Minute.

ou the Town Land and " le Towne Drove," which latter is to be allowed "jacere i^tin & English

apertum et inseminatum, Anglice open and unsowen." Complaints of making W. and M. R.
" sterquilinia," and of not making and maintaining " keyes ;" also of the stopping of
" aque cursus " (a water-course) in ffranches Street, which is to be allowed to go Frenches St.
" cursu suo antiquo " (in its ancient course) ; also of the taking of " le earth a le5
earth pitta;" also of the dangerous state of a house "apud Lovelane end." "Rogerus Love lane.
Chipp publice dixit in plena cur : hec scandilosa Anglicana verba, The Towne hath Chi pp.

wronged me " (R. C. publicly said in full Court these scandalous English words, The

Town hath wronged me). -He was amerced at 3/4d. Several persons are presented Amerciament
because " vendiderunt cervisiam " (they have sold beer). " John Hutch ins hath
com into this Towne to dwell w th a greate charge w th out giveing of security to
discharge the Towne." His landlord is ordered to be bound to " amove " him, or to Pauperism

give security to discharge the Parish of J. H. and his family. M. Allin is ordered gQ Fl a i TO^k 18t
"amovere lc furse ryke" (to remove the furze rick) from his land. B. p. 91 — 93. Allin.

At Placita several persons are presented for " ingrossiug" white penny bread 1 1 1. 42. Minutes

and selling it again, 3 appareutly as an infringement of the rights of the bakers. 9 ct * ^c 16 , 1 ?:?

T. Hay ward and his wife are presented for persistently "disturbing of their neighb on Latin & English

att nighte," in spite of former punishment. J. Luke was condemned (by jury) " to Bread trade.

1 " Cfl minor le Mesh qm pviss est p statutti " (with a smaller mesh than has been

provided by statute). The delinquents were fined 20s. each.

2 " ai3ciabat u p Cur ad 3s. 4d. sed affer ad 4d." (was amerced by the Court at 3s. 4d.,

but was affeered at 4d. ) This is considered by an excellent authority to tend to prove
that the Affeeror's duties and powers extended to mitigating tines imposed by other
authorities.

s Or to check illegal dealing in bread not properly assized, it is suggested.

Disturbance a
crime.

56

CLASS III. MINUTES OP BOROUGH COURTS,

Stocks.

Allin alias
Belpitt.

Pitt.

Price of Beer.

sitt in stocks six houres " for stealing three quarts of train oil. It was ordered that
there should be two aletasters, and H. Hi Herd and J. Rickman were sworn to that
office. R. Allin alias Belpitt was fined £10 for refusing to serve on a Grand Jury.
Oct. 16, 1617. B. p. 94—96.

(There is a note here, and others follow, of irregularities in making entries
in this part of the book.)

Order by Mr. Mayor J. Pitt and Bailiffs, that the Brewers shall " make good
and holesom Beare, a stronger sorte at 11/ the hogshead, and a smaller sorte or
Tabell Beare at 6/," and give notice of brewings that " the Aletasters and
Alecunners " may taste the beer. Jan. 15, 1618. (Placed out of order of date.)

B. p. 97.

1 1 1. 43. Minutes

Oct. 28 and 31,

1617.

English.

W. and M. R.

Searchers of

Leather.

Foreign tour.

Pitt.

Johu Bagge and Robert Howard were "sworue searchers and sealers of
Leather." Oct. 28, 1617. B. p. 109.

" Robert Browne, gent., third sonn unto Sir J. Browne, Knyghte, aged
XXVII 1. yeares or thereabouts, hav°ing to travayle into flrauncc for the obteyning
of the language, aud bettring of his understanding in fforeigne affaires, came
voluntarily before Mr. J. Pitt, Mayor." This was doubtless to swear not to say
anything abroad to the injury of this realm. Oct. 31, 1617. B. p. 109.

III.44.Minutes
Dec. 13, 1617.

English.

W. and M. R.

Tnrberville,

Pettin.

Assault.

Sprage.
Fordington.

A book of the
Wars.

Robert Turberville, Constable, complains that H. Pettin, suspected of
intending "som mischiefe" because he had been seen to carry a sword, and had
said " that he would make som to kneele or com before their godfathers," and the
said H. P. having been sought out and called on to give up his sword, drew it and
ran at the Constable. The latter would have been run through if he had not
"speedily catched one of the Watchmen's billes into his hands, and defended himself
therewith." The defendant was imprisoned, on his way to prison "rayling" aud
threatening the Constable that he " would paye him soundely, but att this time he
would obay his foolish office." Dec. 13, 1617.

Ralphe Sprage of Fordington, examined, makes a long statement about his
gambling and drinking in Weymouth and Dorchester with Jas. Bounde, from whom
he borrowed "a booke of the warres in the lowe countryes." Dec. 13, 1617.

B. pp. 112, 113.

III.45.Minutes H. Randall " did take his oath upon the holy Evangeliste of God " that he

Jan. 15,1617(8) .

Eng. W.&M.R. went in fear for his life.

S^daU 61 ^ J- Benvile of Bucklan, for bringing to market eight pounds of butter of short

vile, Bucklan d. weight, was condemned to forfeit the butter, which was giveu to the poor.

B. p. 114.

Doubtless of Franipton.

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At Placita, " Matthewe Allin speaking openly in the Courte that the Coarse 1 1 1- 46. Minutes

Tab 19 1R17 (R\

n* 1 Mr. Mayor [J. Pitt] did take would drive all men out of the Towne, the C 46 did English,
graunt the good behavior against him." Then follow Presentments by Constables Air^wk
and Aletasters about offences in their respective departments. There is one against

"Brian Gates for suffring on the Saboath day to drincke sundry^psons." "A vagrant Sunday

r, , -1 1 • 1 1 1 »i tx. . * observance.

j*on [has beenj whipped and sent away by passe. Divers persons were " punished

in stocks for being druncke," or " for abuseing the watch." Others " for being Punishments

druncke paid 5/ to thuse of the poore." Again, " out of every alehouse Atoning drunkenness.

potts [were] broken." B. pp. 98—103. short mea8ure -

Royal Order for careful supervision of Alehouses. Feb. 12. 15 James 1. III. 47. Orders,
• etc.

(1618). Feb. 12, 1617(8).

Regulations in accordance therewith. 1. Every Alehouse- keeper shall be w En 8}^J* „
" r W . and M. R.

bound in £10 with two sureties in £5 each, to " answere the King iu case there bee Alehouse rules.

a forfeiture." 2. That this recognizance and the license are to be renewed yearly.

3. That the Justices " bee very carefull " that the recognizances be certified at

Quarter Sessions. 4. That the Justices shall search out those who " victuall "

without license. 5. That they watch against brewers who sell to unlicensed

victuallers. Subscribed by L d Chief Justice,

(Fac-simile of autograph.) Henry Montague.

Then comes, a form of license, with regulations appended, much the same as

in p. 83. The chief alterations are, an enlarged list of unlawful games, viz., "Cardd?, Unlawful

j t» games.

Dice, Tables, Quaits, -Loggetts, and Bowles." Again the victualler is not to harbour

"masteries men," and other notorious offenders. They are to sell "by sealed

measure," strong beer not above ld. a quart, " smale beere " not above a halfpenny Price of beer.

a quart. Lastlv they "shall not utter, nor willingly suffer to be uttered, drunck, or Tobacco

o 1" ti t* «<« A <•<*« forbidden.

taken, any 3 tobacco." B. pp. 122—124.

Examinations and Inquisitio (Inquest) before the Mayor, as Magistrate and 1 1 1. 48. Minutes

Feb. 16, 1617 (8).
Coroner, concerning the death of W. Pitt. Feb. 16, 1617 (8). Latin & English

Brian Gates (a name often seen in these Minutes) offered for sale to

W. and M. R.

W. Kevnes of " 4 Hasselbere," gun-maker, a fowling piece. They and others go down Hazelbury.

" Kevnes Gates

to " Melcombe Sande " to try it. They set up a marke against Mr. Robt Knight's Knight.

wall, and then upon the sand about one hundred and thirty paces " a maguo muro

1 Stoning = stonen = of stone. The Dorset is stwunnen. These, above, were doubtless
stefheware jugs of short measure.

9 Skittles ?

* The reader need hardly be reminded of K. J as. I.'s hatred of Tobacco, as expressed in his
"Counterblast."

4 It is strange that in a secluded parish like Hazelbury, there should have been a gun-maker.
I

58

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

.Jetty a great

wall.
Allin, Pitt.

vocat° le Jetty, in altitudine quatuor pedum et latitudine octo pedum " (from the

great wall called le Jetty, in height four feet and in breadth eight feet). A shot

fired at this mark by P. Allin went over the Jetty, and fractured the skull of

W. Pitt who was passing in a boat in the Harbour. The gun-maker deposes that

he did not see this boat nor any other " nerer than nere aboute the middle waye

The Hole, now betwene the Joseph then riding in the Hole and Waymouth Jetty." Pitt was

Sa Hom^ide° le brought on 8nore an( ^ lingered about three hours. And Allin " kneeling down 1 to

Forgiveness. hi8 bedside and praying [Pitt] to forgive him, [Pitt] answered, ' I doe with all my

harte. ,,,

Those concerned were bound over to give evidence at the County Sessions.

B. pp. 114—119.

1 1 1. 49. Minutes

Feb., 1617(8).

Eng. W.&M.R.

Pomfret.

Dewlish.
Unfit bragB.

Short weight.

Breach of
Lenten Fast.

Memorandum that T. Pomfrett of 2 Devenish, Dorset, gent., "ranne armed
into the house of Mr. J. Pitt, Mayor . . . making comparisons w th him, affirming
that he was as good and a better man than he . . . swering many fearfull oathes
and using divers other unfitt braggs." Feb. 19, 1617 (8). For this he made public
submission next day. B. p. 119.

Erasmus Cox, of Toller, Baker, was amerced 12d., his bread being one ounce
" to lighte " in every penny loaf. Feb. 26, 1618. B. p. 124.

£. Cuttance and Davy ffyppen, Constables, make presentment "that they
did finde a legg and a shoulder of a calve sithence the time of Lent, killed by Walter
By thy wood." The meat was seized and given to the poor. Feb. 28, 1618.

B. p. 119.

III. 50.

Miscellaneous

Memoranda.

March, June,

July, 1618.

Eng. W.&M.R.

C ran bourne
and other place-
names.
Lighwith.
Oamington.
Sandtorte
Bridge.

Pitt.
Wife beating.

Bowling.

Examination of J. Johnson, of London. March 25, 1618. Noticeable chiefly
for mention of place-names. He says that he came out of London on "Shrove
Monday," and reached Meere on Saturday night Thence he came by Hindon,
Salisbury, Cranborne, Wimborne (King's Arms), and Lichett, to Weymouth.

B. p. 120.

Examination, same date, of Scicily Harvy, of Lighw th , Wimborne. She
speaks of intending to go to " Osmondton," by Sandforte Bridge. These two
persons were accused of misconduct. Their sentence does not appear. B. p. 121.

J. Pitt was bound over to keep the peace towards his wife, whom he " in his
druncknes did beate and pulled her by the haire." June 3, 1618. B. p. 124.

Examination of Delinquents who were caused to confess that they had been
'bowling, and obliged to find security that they will do so no more. June 22, 1618.

B. pp. 124, 5.

1 " To " for " at," good Dorset.

8 Devonian = Dewlish doubtless.

3 In 1579 Bowling was accounted " lawfull disporte." See iv. 2».

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59

Report from Maximilian Loader, one of the "Searchers of corrupte flesh/'
that Justinian Hingston " his boye " offered for sale " oxe fflesh w 4 * dyed of itt
sealfe." It was ordered to be "given unto doggs." June 27, 1618. B. p. 127.

Memorandum. Hugh Trewen, Robt Sanger, and — Bread, watchmen, " for
that they were founde sleepinge ... in their watch, were set in the stocks by
the space of one hower and upwardes." July 15, 1618. B. p. 130.

Bad meat.

Watchmen in
the Stocks.

Information, taken by Mr. Mayor, about an occurrence on June 29, 1618.

One Loring, sixteen years old, " sounded a drumbe ;" and, being forbidden by
the Mayor, nevertheless did it again. Then some of the twenty-one persons named
at the foot of the Information sounded the drum again, and about one p.m. " armed
with musketts went forth of the towne w th a drumbe soundinge, a trumpett and
ancient." The Mayor seut to them an order " to dissolve their company & retorne
backe." The drummer was inclined to comply; but some others " affirmed they
would beare him out." So he went on. After evening prayer they returned, armed
as before. They said they had been "to fetch a somer Pole to set upp in the
Towne, but brougte none w th them. In the fforefronte of this troope m r ched one
Thomas Bascombe, with an Axe on his shoulder." Perce vail Gibson, drummer,
Matthewe Knott, anncient, Angell Lawrence, and eighteen other names, " with
sondry others unknowen." Not dated. B. p. 130.

At Placita, a Presentment and Examination are minuted, about the above.
The former is against twenty men for assaulting the Constables, " haveing w th them
Swordes, Pykes, Musketts, and other unlawful weapons." And there is one other
well worthy of notice, " Item they psent here are noe Butts in Melcombside." Some
of the Presentments were decided by trials by Jury. J. Peters, for assaulting a
Constable, was fined 12cL ; Carding Abbott, found guilty of drunkenness "thereupon
paid his l five shillings." Then follow (p. 134) enquiries about the unruly proceeding
on June 29, as above. Percival Gibson, the drummer on that occasion, made
affidavit that he was urged on by others. Several of the party were bound over to
appear at the next Sessions. Among others was N. Allin, who is also to be of good
behaviour, on account of " the obraidinge and contemptious s peaches used by [him]
unto Mr. Mayor in open Courte, vi 1 that Mr. Mayor did beare him spline and
malice." Aug. 20, 1618. B. pp. 131— 134.

1 1 1. 51. Minutes
Aug., 1618.

English.

W. and M. R.

Loring.

Disorderly
affair.

Summer pole.

Bascombe.

Gibson, Knott,

Lawrence.

Assault.

Butts.

Fine for
drunkenness.

Allin, disrespect
to the Mayor.

Edward Harvy, "appointed for . . . searching of Corrupte fflesh," accuses 1 1 1. 52. Minutes

J. Hingston of killing, and exposing for sale the flesh of " a Bull unbayted." He was Eng. W.'&M.r!

amerced 3s. 4d. UnLited bulL

A Ions: Examination of J. Fletcher and J. Rutter, of " Wiggen," Lancashire, Wigan.
who had arrived via Shepton Mallet, Sherborne and Dorchester, having with them a Dorchester

1 The price of half a hogshead of strong beer. See iii. 68.

60 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

Deroye colour, horse and a " cloke of col lor 1 deix>je, layde w Ul silke lace." Tbey are asked about the

object of their wanderings, and about the horse and " cloke." As to their object,

Suspected theft they both say that it was to seek for a tapster's place for Rutter. But each says

that the horse is his own, names the seller, and the price, one giving it as 53s. 4<L,
the other as £3 20d. B. pp. 135—137.

1 1 1.53. Minutes Many Presentments at a Curia Legalis. By one, a number of persons,

Latin & English including three Aldermen, are accused of making a refuse-heap "in vico vocat : St.

/SL , i and *- M ' R * Nicholas St." in the street called St Nicholas Street. Three other Aldermen,
Obstructions in

the streets. W. Browne, " Whealer," and others are presented for placing " 2 moeremia sua apud

occidentalem finem opidi " (their timber at the West end of the town), to the injury

Mantell. of the King's way. Again, " le Man tell domus W. Mowsell, ubi fecit ignem, est

valde periculosus " (The mantel-piece of W. Mowsell, where he makes his fire, is very

Stray pigs. dangerous). An order is given that " for every pigg that shall be found goeinge
abroade in the streetes" the owner shall pay 16d. Oct. 6, 1618. B. p. 140, eta

1 1 1.54. Minutes A Presentment at a Curia Legalis, that Rich d :{ Brooke " deiecit et ptravit
Latin & English f 0S8am aa< includend : le Townes Drove prope domos Braxator.' in Hope;" (has

VV. and M. R. thrown down and laid low the ditch for enclosing the Towns Drove near the Brewer's
Breweries in

Hope. houses in Hope), and has manured the Drove with a view to ploughing it. He is

Town Drove. or( j e red to let it alone, under a penalty of 40s. The same Brooke " subversit regiam

St. Nicholas St. viani, Anglice hath torne downe the high waye " in St. Nicholas Street ; and has

placed there " q used am le5 stakes " (certain stakes) to the danger of men and horses.

This is to be reformed under a penalty of 20s. Disrepair of the " Keyes " is

Frank-pledge, presented. A batch of defaulters respecting Frank-pledge are fined 12d. each, and

Paving. another batch 6d. each. Others "non pavieruut" the road by their houses.

Forrega. W. Bond field has laid his fish " et fecit 4 forrega " (and has made a furnace 9) near

the house of Rob 1 - White, " cum admodum mala fumigatione, Anglice w 1 * a veiy

Cade. ill stincke." To be discontinued under a penalty of 20s. Peter Cade, " being

Fine partly con vented " for being drunk, was fined 5s. " w ch he laide downe, and 3s. given

backe unto his Mother in regard shee is a poore woman." Oct. 12, 1618.

B. pp. 142— U4.

III. 55. Letter, Copy of Letter from the Mayor and Bailiffs to Sir J. Dore, Utkinton,

etc*
Oct. 31, 1618. Cheshire, saying that according to his desire Ellis Entersey, suspected of murder,

En §' W ^a R nas ^ )een i m P" 8one( ^- " And 80e contending yo r wpe to the good keepinge of the
murder.

1 This most mean " du Roi." Yean* later " bleu du Roi " was a noted colour at Sevres.

' This seems to be the spelling, but "maeremia" is correct. It means building timber, but
later in the Records is repeatedly Englished " ship timber."

3 Ric. Brooke » was a headstrong, violent fellow. See iii. 74.

4 Forrega is not in Migne's Ducange. It may (?) be for fornega a possible form of fornachia, a

furnace, viz., for drying the fish. Or can it be dog-latin for Forge?

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61

Lord, we hartily take o* leave . . . this laste of October, 1618." " P* script. Wee

can say nothing to cleare the poore man of that facte, but this much we can say on A good word.

his behalfe, that he hath very zelously and religiously . . . behaved himsealfe

. . . by the space of five weeks & upwards."

Entersey says that one Garrett, alleging that he had been wronged by the Brawl,

lather of Entersey, attacked him with " a long dagger made of a sword blade." E.
wrested it from him ; but, on his promise to be quiet, returned it G., however, " did
freshly violently assaulte " him. Whereupon, " being moved in bloode," with a
cudgel he " brake the said G.'s head." Oct 31,1618. B. pp. 144, 5. Homicide.

J. Williams, "of Bodman, Tynmyner," condemned to the stocks by statute HI. 56. Minute.

1/6C. 4f 1 1 O.

"against the most odious and loathsom sinn of druncknes," was on his "penytency" Eng. W.&M.R.
let off. (In p. 147, Cittarne Burcq in Holland is mentioned.) B. pp. 146, 7. ^S^^

W. Smith, ^ellyer, on the shore towards Sutton "against Tems Well," found
a dead body. Turning " towards the highwaye upon the 2 hill," he saw three men,
who helped to draw the corpse to shore. J. and Justinian Hingston and Francis
Warren, the three men above-mentioned, say that they found in the dead man's
pockets only a pair of gloves and " certaine ffossetts." But at a little distance from
the corpse they found a hat, " a bonde to weare aboute the necke," a staff, knife, and
a double purse, containing a piece of gold of lis., and about 6s. in silver. This
money J. Hingston kept, and they hid the purse " iu the Cbessell."

Inquisitio (Inquest) about the death of W. Roberts. On evidence which does
not appear, the verdict is that he " felonice se submersitt . . . felon ice ut felo de
se seipm subrnV & murderavit contra pacem del dm Regis . . " (feloniously
immersed himself . . . feloniously as felo de se immersed and murdered himself).
Terns Well is described as within the liberty and precincts of the Borough.

B. p. 147.

Constable Rose deposes that Mr. Nich : Strangwayes of Abbotsbury, and Mr.
E. Hayne of Martinstown defied him and the watch on being, with others, asked
their business, wheu riding hard across the bridge at eight or nine the evening
before. Mr. S. " pceeded farther with [very] undecent words " against Mr. Mayor ;
and Mr. Hayne said "Push ! we will drive the watchmen before us." Whereupon
Mr. S. and Gabriel ffisarde enter into a recognizance for the appearance of Mr. Hayne
at the Sessions. B. p. 149.

On Feb. 11, E Hayne appeared at a Placita, but no proceedings against him

are minuted. B. pp. 150—3.

•
1 A stone-tiler. Stone tiles were called heling stones.

1 This most be Greenhill.

1 1 1. 57. Minutes
Feb. 3 (?) and 4,

1618 (9).
Latin & English
W. and M. R.
Tems Well
Smith, Hing-
ston, Warren.
Drowned man.

Chesil — shingle
Inquest.

Tems Well.

III.$8.Minutes

Feb. 6 and 11,

and June 30,

1618 (9).

Eng. W.&M.R.

Strangways,

Hayne.

Disorderly

conduct.

62

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

Sunday
observance.

Two absentees from Church were fined 12d. each, and so was W. Croome
for "ladeing of his lobster potts upon the Saboath day." June 30, 1619.

B. pp. 156—9.

I II.59. Minutes

Sept.4&6,1619.

Latin & English

W. and M. R.

Drunken brawl

and murder.

Parmyter,

Maynard.

Bury of
Dorchester.

Death in the

street.

Enquiry about the stabbing of Robt. Parmyter in a drunken brawl. Nicholas
Maynard, having played at 1 tables for several pints of wine, got into a quarrel and
scuffle, in which a lock of hair was pulled out of his head. This lock was picked up
by Parmyter, who would not give it up to him. Thereupon arose a scuffle with
Parmyter, who got Maynard's head under his arm and beat it with a stone pot.
Maynard, who had before drawn his 2 knife and been persuaded to put it up again,
•^hereupon stabbed him twice. One wound was in the tongue, of all places ; the
other in the breast. But this last was not deep, " glanncing upon the Ribbes, and
not inwardly into the capacitye" — deposes " 4 W. Bury, of Dorchester, Chirurgion."
P. was led out by White, a sailor, " to the penthouse before the entry ... of the
howse, where he knelled dowue and desired [White] to pray for him. And thereupon
[W.] willed him to have a good harte. Whereunto he aunswered that he had a good
harte." He rose and was supported a little further, and then fell down and died.

Inquest held Sept. 4, 1619. Maynard is found guilty of feloniously killing
Parmyter. He is also returned as possessed of no goods except " un m eq m castrat :
coloris bay " (a bay gelding) worth 20s. All concerned were bound over to appear
at the Sessions of Gaol Delivery. B. pp. 159 — 65.

II 1. 60. Minutes

Oct. 11, 1619.

Lat. W.&M.R.

Long well.

Brooke,

Fowler.
Frenches Close.

Town Droves.
Breweries.

Presentments at a Curia Legalis. For instance J. and Egidius Fowler
" nocent fontem vocat : Longwell " (injure the spring called 5 Longwell) by watering
their horses there, and are enjoined to cease this practice, under a penalty of 3s. 4d.
Richard Brooke "fecit unum le Pitt " (has made a pit) at the East end of Franches
Close. He must " reformare idem delictum " (reform the same fault) under penalty
of . r >8. He, too, "non pmisit les Towne Droves a retro 103 Brewhouses iacere apt :"
(has not allowed the Town Droves behind the Brewhouses to lie open). This he had
been ordered to do at a previous court. B. pp. 169, 70.

1 "A contra versy aboute beareing of twoe tablemen " is mentioned, which may mean back-
gammon pieces. But one antiquarian takes tablemen = waiters.

9 "A pair of knives" one witness says — perhaps a two-bladed knife.

3 "Amased" with the blows on the head, he says.

4 He was connected with W. He bought land in High Street of the Bailiffs of W. in 1592

(M. ii. 56), but sold it again in 1593 (M. iv. 2).

9 The Longwell exists now, but is covered over. It is near the South end of St. Thomas
Street.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. g3

At Placita, J. Clarke was found guilty by a jury, and "ordinat : est p Cur : 1 1 1. 61. Minutes
q d flagellabitfl " (it was ordered by the Court that he be whipped). Sarah Biggs i^tin k English

is presented as " pacis Dm. Re# perturbatrix et vicinorum suor : vexatrii et W. and M. R.
, , Disturbance a

molestatrix (a disturber of the Lord King's peace, and a vexer and trembler of her crime.

neighbours). R. Wilshiere " taken druncke . . . is to paie 5& att the retorne of Fine for

drunkenness,
the l ffellowshipp from Sea." , B. pp. 173 — 5.

Re-examinations of four witnesses respecting the stabbing of Parmyter Parmyter's

(above), in which they adhere to their former assertion that they knew of no murder.

previous malice between him and Maynard who killed him. B. p. 176. Maynard.

Enquiry about a rope supposed to be stolen. R. Crowte says he found it in 1 1 1. 62. Minutes

the water under the " keye," between the Bridge and the " Stayres in Waymouth j*** w*Mr!

side;" that he laid it behind the "Portall" of his father's house; that he took it Stairs on W. side

Case way.
" unto Casewaye," and there sold it, and also a 2 bow of his father's. Mention is a bow.

also made of Putton in West Chickerel and of Broadway. B. pp. 178 — 80. w c^k * 1L

Broadway.

The Mayor, etc., to go at next Assizes to the Recorder and get him to III. 63. Order,
persuade the L d Ch f Baron to dispense with the attendance of the Borough %£* w.fcM.R.

Constables at Assizes, showing to him exemption in the Charter. C. p. 67. Constables

should not

attend Assizes.

" Primo die April is [1620] Upon this psent day Thomas Deanes, alias III.64.Minutes
Boucher, of this Towne, Taylor, being broughte before Mr. Mayor for speaking Latin & English

certaine blasphemous words against the Bible, and being thereupon ex d by Mr. W- ^d M. R.

Blasphemy.
Mayor, did openly say the Bible was false in that yt was set downe in the Bible that

God is a spiritt ; and said further that he thoughte the masters of the Church to be

the Divell's misters, and that the olde religion was better then o r religion. 1 '

B. p. 181.

At Placita, April 26, 1620, " Temperantia Stickland, K. Ashe, Gratia Turner, Surnames.

Alicia Godfrye et Thomasina Longe . . . fuerunt Vixe et pacis d*** D m Regis

pturbatrice8 et vexatrices vicinorum suo m . . . et co<* molestatrices et seminatrices

litm et Discordiu inter vicinos suos ad magnum gravamen et pturbatoem vicinorum

suorum " (T. Stickland and the others have been quarrelsome and disturbers of the

peace of the said Lord King, and vexers of their neighbours . . . and common

troublers and sowers of strifes and discords among their neighbours, to the great Disturbance,

offence and disturbance of their neighbours). So a Jury trial was instituted (p. 184) b^duckm^on

and all but K. Ashe were found guilty. Whereupon " ordinat : est p Cur q d pdict the Cucking

stool

1 Perhaps the crew of a fishing or trading vessel in which he had a share.
9 This is the only mention of a bow which has been observed in these Records.
* Rixe, can only be Rixse, quarrels ; but seems here and elsewhere to be used as equivalent to
quarrelsome, rixosa?.

54 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

. . . lavent r , Anglice [be] ducked " (it was ordered by the Court that the women
aforesaid ... be ducked). J. Long is tried for stealing 4< unam petiam funis,
Anglice one piece of a roape." A presentment about the man above-mentioned as
speaking against the Bible and Ministers.
Fine, etc., for It may be noted that the punishment for being "taken druncke " was 5s.

(iiti n ken nes8

fine or six hours in the stocks ; and for " tipling," 3s. 4d. fine. More than one

Vagrants "vagrant and wandringe pson" was whipped according to Statute. B. pp. 182 — 5.
whipped.

1 1 1. 65. Minutes Recognizances for twelve Victuallers, etc., April 28, 1620, with conditions as
April 28 to

July 12. 1620. De f° re - But a new term occurs respecting Tobacco, which is not to be " uttered,

Latin & -English druncke, taken and tipled."
W. and M. R. r

Tobacco not to Recognizance, May 6, 1620, for the appearance of the wife of Balthazar

Vp™el° r Taylor, Cannoner.

Cannoner. Recognizance, July 12, 1620, for the appearance of Jocosus Vandorgozen. In

Jocosu8 = Joyce the usual English explanation of the Latin Recognizance, Jocosus is rendered Joyce.

Examination of T. Gardner, Constable (p. 188), July 12, 1620. Called to
Wife beating, the house of J. Longe, he found Longe " beating his wyfe and holdinge a knyfe in

his hand. And thereupon [he] willed the said Longe to be quiett, and the said L.
willed him . . .to gett himselfe out of his howse, sayeing that his owne howse
was his Castle ; and that he, the said T. Gardner, had nothing to doe there unles itt
were for felony or treason, and tould him . . . further that he had nothinge to
Law expounded doe w fch itt yf he did kill his wyfe . . [L.] pulled downe his sworde and came

ruing att him w th itt so vehemently as he thinketh that the said J. L. would have
Assault, run him through w th itt yf he . . . had not shifted himsealfe from itt." J. Long
had to find securities for his appearance at the Borough Sessions. B. pp. 186 — 9:

1 1 1. 66. Minutes At Placita, Michael Howard, his wife, and Christian Barker are presented
Sept 'l l 820° Ct ' 2, "for scouldiug and disturbing of their Neighbor" Sept. 14, 1620. B. pp. 190—2.
^ in& ^g^"h At a Curia Legalis, Presentment of three persons for laying "uovem le

Disturbance a Milstones " (nine Millstones), " duo tormenta, Anglice twoe peecc of ordnance " and
Townel^ounds a Doat » on tne " Towne Grounds/' Presentment that Barnard Michell "posuit
Murderer (gun) quatuor tormenta, Anglice three peece of ordnance and one 1 murderer, et moeremia
Maiden Street, et saxa in vico vocat : Mayden Streete " (has placed four guns, in English, three

pieces of ordnance, and a murderer, and timber and stones in Maiden Street).

East Lane. Presentment that a boat had been placed " in vico sive venella vocat : the East Lane,

Hell (a house), ante domum vocat : Hell " (in the street or alley called the East Lane, before the

house called -'Hell). A "cumulum de le Chalkstones," and also an unsafe "mantle,"

1 This seems to have been the same as a " base," which was a breech-loader.

8 This house with the strange name was at the corner of East Street and Hell Lane, now
softened to Helen Lane.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS.

65

III 67. Minutes

Oct. 9, and

Dec. 5, 1620.

Latin & English

W. and M. R

Town Mixen.

F ranches.

both in East Street. R. Knighte and Clemens Brjne "debent facere quoddam Various

guttor currere in mare " (ought to make a certain gutter run into the sea). A an( j

" fabrica " (workshop), and a " parvu gardin " (little garden) are reported as encroachments.

encroaching on Maiden Street. A heap of " burrs " (millstones) and planks was to

be removed from St. Thomas Street. J. Read has a stable very dangerous " in

portendu lumen sive candelu " (for carrying a light or candle) [into] ; and a

" ffursereeke " is similarly complained of. " Tollerd ffratru " (Toller Fratrum) is Toller Fratrum.

mentioned in a Recognizance. B. pp. 193 — 6.

At a Curia Legalis a Presentment that " Sterquilinium vocat. Ie Towne
Mixon est posit : in le Channel, et multum inde p tempestates pluvii levat : in portii"
(the refuse-heap called the Town Mixen is placed in the Channel, and thence is
greatly carried away by storms of rain into the port). Presentment that " les
Sloughes Cornuu " ( ? of horns) have been placed "ante domum corearu " (before
the house of hides = tan-house ]) of R. Pitt Presentment that an " earth pitt " has
been dug " in le ffranches ad fin em superioris clause de ffranches" (in the F ranches
at the end of the upper 1 close or fence of the Franches). Several complaints
are made of obstructions, etc., in Franches Street; and an " aqtie cursus "
(water course or gutter), and the drainage from a " domus porcina " (pig-stye)
are allowed to damage that street. The paving of High Street is complained
of. The inhabitants in the Hope are accustomed to throw out into the port
" le sweepings et alia le ffilth " of their houses. Butt's Lane is mentioned.
H. Hillerd " incrochiavit sup via px adiacen Newbury " (has encroached on the way
lying very near to Newbury). R. Brooke is again presented for not letting the
Town Drove lie open. Oct 9, 1620. B. pp. 197—9.

Recognizances for victuallers, etc., bound not to dress meat during Lent "or
at other times prohibited for any respecte ;" and ten more on Feb. 7, 1620 (1), for
Lent only. Dec 5, 1620. B. pp. 200—2.

At Placita, a Presentment that " at the time of Evening Prayer there were
(Frenchmen drinking at Mrs. Lock's," on Sept. 17. Presentment that on Oct 15,
"being the Saboath Day . . . Good wife Adams did steale cabbidge and 2 carretts."
E. Stott was imprisoned " for brawling and quarrelling." Memorandum laying down
prices for Brewers to charge.

Euy hogshedd of stronge Beere, cont. 63 gal. - - - xs.

Euy kilderkin of stronge Beere, cont. 21 gal. - - - iiis. iiiid.

Euy hogBhedd of smale Beere vs.

Euy kilderkin of smale Beere xxd.

B. pp. 203—5.

1 See iii. 60.

1 This, doubtless, phonetic spelling may illustrate the passage in the "Merry Wives," where Sir
Hugh saying Vocative, "Caret/ 1 Mistress Quickly cuts in with "And that's a good root."

K

High Street.

Hope.

Butt's Lane.

Newbury.

Town Drove.

1 1 1.68. Minutes
Feb.26,1620(l).

English.

W and M. R.

Stealing on

Sunday.

Price of Beer.

66 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

1 1 1. 69. Minutes Recognizances for the appearance at the General Sessions of " Clemens Keeche
Latin & English de Bemister, J. Sherwin de Cerne Abbas, E. Greene de Dorchester, et Jaspo

W. and M. R. Dodridge de Bridport " concerning the wounding of Alice Mounsell, " in case that
Place-names b r ' ° e

and Surnames, shee shall happen to die thereof within one yeere." Examination about th« same

Basil a woman's assault, May 30, 1621. Bazill, wife of Robt. Case, saw Dodridge strike Alice

name. Mounsell in the face with "a peece of boorde " so that "she lay astonished and

Moreell, Moun- grovelling upon the ground." E. Morsell saw W. Mounsell and Alice his wife "drugde

^Surnames! 161 " and drawue alon g the streete most pittifully." After the assault the Mounsells were

Assault. taken to the shop of J. Pope. Here Ann Lyne tried to comfort Alice, but "Dodridge

whoe was hawling and pulling aboute her did take this ex 149 by the arme and did bite

her most cruelly." Dodridge's "greene breeches" seem to have caught the eye of

more than one of the witnesses. B. pp. 206 — 9.

1 1 1.70. Minutes H. Smarte, fisherman, deposes that he, Hugh Martin and Carding Abbot
English. went fishing off Portland. Martin suddenly fell down in the boat. He himself aud

W. andM. R. Abbot " tooke [Martini upp and bowed him forward and Rubbed downe his stomacke

Surnames. L j rr

as he himsealfe was wonte to doe when he hath had the like qualmes . . ." But
Sudden death. Martin " was stroken dead." B. p. 209.

1 1 1. 71. Minutes Nic. Furman, of Sapcote, Leicestershire, is examined as having lived abroad,
1<>21. ' going to Dunkirk, St. Lucar, Seville, "Madrill," Toledo, back to St. Lucar, and

W ti and^ 8 R h thence t0 Wevmouth - He is a "Bomish Catholicke,'\and "lived in St George

Seville, Chappie at St. Lucar by the space of twoe monethes." The papers which he brought
\Jadrid etc.
Romanist were for Mr. Allin, at the Flying Horse, Fleet Street. He was repeatedly pressed

questioned. t o take the oath of allegiance, but would not. Sept. 29, 1621. ' B. p. 223.

Whipping. J. Bascombe and Amy Pushman, " altogether suspicious," were whipped and

set in the stocks. Oct. 1, 1621. B. p. 219.

Sir. J. Browne. Mention is made of the street leading " v# domtt dm "Jhis Browne milit3 "

(towards the house of Sir J. B., Knight). Oct. 1, 1621 ; also of the Broadstone.

Oct. 8, 1621. B. p. 222 <fe 6.

Assault A sword is drawn in a quarrel arising from a suspicion that one man cried

threatened. , n „ . ^ , „~,

"Bawe" at another. Oct. 8, 1621. B. p. 224.

The " Jur Supvisores Regie vie " (sworn overseers of the King's way) are
Repair of roads, presented for not calling together the parishioners to repair the roads. Oct. 8, 1621.

B. p. 226.

1 1 1. 72. Minutes J. Tyler is presented because he had worked in the art and mystery
i621 (2). ' " cervisiarii Anglice le Brewer," not having been duly apprenticed. Feb. 5, 1621 (2).

^'and^R 11 ( This 80rt of P resentment occurs frequently.) B. p. 239.

*w!?M,v! aUDcler8 ' Gyles Cox, of Bockhampton, deposes that he came to Weymouth, by seven

dock nam neon.

Pokeswell. am. on June 6, with Parson and Mrs. Saunders, of Pox well. They had dinner at

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 67

Richard's Inn, and then went on board a " Barcque of the West Cuntry laden with

wyhe," of which he drunk so much that he " knewe not his owne doeing . . . nor Drunkenness.

where he was " till next morning, when he found himself in a "standing bedd," and Standing bed,

in the " Truudle Bedd " in the same room was Mrs. Sauuders. From her evidence Trundle bed.

it seems that in that room they and others had supper, before the end of which he

went to bed. Then after the rest were gone she locked the door aud lay down in

the " Truudle " bed. Cox was bound over to appear at the Borough Sessions, but

the result does not appear. He was fined 5s. for drunkenness the same day.

June 7, 1622. B. p. 246.

Joane Waterman, Chambermaid at Richard's Inn, deposes that Mrs. Saunders
took Cox's money out of his pocket and counted it (" tweuty-six Ryalls, forty-six ten Uyalls.

shilling pieces, aud some white money "), saying that she must stay to take care
of it. July 2, 1622. B. p. 253.

R. Samborne, of W. and M. R., Merchant, deposes that he heard J. Cotton, of HI.73.Minutes

June and July,
the same place, Freemason, speak of a rising of the poor to cut the Mayor's throat, 1622.

and of making "a black day with" the deponent and others, for shipping away \V d\i R

victuals. June 13, 1622. B. p. 248. Surnames.

Depositions by J. Oliver, of Sutton Pointz, Husbandman, Margaret, wife of Sutton Pointz.
J. Marshall, of W. and M. R., Trumpeter, and of Debora Whittey, primarily about threatened
an accident to a child. But it comes out that if O.'s load in his cart had been sacks violence,
of wheat, and not of peas, as it was, he would have been in danger of having the
sacks cut by the women in the town, through want of corn. June 15, 1622.

B. p. 249.

Christmas Peters, who actually had cut a bag of peas in a cart, accounts for Temptation by
it from his being " in drincke and that he thincketh the divell did move him to it." £ a^ excuse
June 19, 1622. B. p. 252.

The same temptation was alleged by W. Smith, about cutting a sack of
biscuit. July 12, 1622. B. p. 254.

Depositions that Ric. Brooke had driven his brother-in-law Ric. Martin's 1 1 1. 74. Minutes

cattle out of "closes" (Jailed Roweall, Parkmeade, and Rylands in Wyke Parish, and e 1622. CP '

had even asked a butcher to kill one of the cattle. On being advised to " take an ^?J m ^^S 1 *? h

W. and M. R.

orderly course " iu the dispute which existed about Martin's farm, Brooke answered Brooke,
"that he would have Stafford's la we against him." Brooke walked up and down in stafford's'Law

1 It is not clear what this means. Possibly " Stafford's lawe " may be a sort of grim pun on
his reliance on his " staff" — his " picked staff "—as a means of evicting Martin. 4< Staff-
hording " is the only legal term observed which is at all like the phrase in question, and
its meaning is "a Right to follow Cattle in a Forest," which will hardly do. — Student's
Dictionary, 1740.

K*

68

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

Wyke place-
names.

Headstrong

attempt at

eviction.

Assault.

1 1 1.75. Minutes

Sept., 1622, and

Jan. 1622(3).

Latin & English

W. and M. R.

Loitering a

crime.

Benville.

Christide.

Wages.

Stocks.

Parkmeade " with a picked staff in his hand, aud had a glistering thing lyeing by
him/' being a sword as the deponent thought. He threatened one woman that if
she opposed him, as she proposed, " he would bang her." He threatened to reap
and carry off Martin's corn. He put a cow of Martin's into his own outhouse ; and
when " Replevin " was served for its release, for some time he would not obey. He
had " scowred upp his halbert " with the intent to kill Martin. He behaved with
great violence to T. Gardner who had been surety for a debt of Brooke's. This was
not paid and G. narrowly escaped imprisonment, and seems to have repaid himself
fur his forfeit out of the price of certain sheep of Brooke's, sold at Dorchester Fair.
Hereupon G. being with others " above in [Brooke's] dining chamber," B. seized a
sword, drove the rest out and frightened G. so that he cried out of the window for
help. June 19, 1622. B. p. 250.

B. found his way into prison, through the window of which he continued to
utter threats against M. W. Winter, hearing this, said he would tell M. of his
speeches " w ch the said Ric. Brooke did request him to doe." Sept. 16, 1622.

B. p. 254.

A year after he answers to his recognizances and " exoneratur p ordinal).
Cur " (is exonerated by order of the Court). Sept. 22, 1623. B. p. 278.

Ric. Byshopp was sent to the house of correction for being " a loyterer aboute
the Streets." Sept. 30, 1622. B. p. 261.

Mention is made of "stouynge trewes," p. 261, and of "stoninge trougfeea,"
p. 305.

Lydia Benville, servant to Mr. J. Pitt from " Christide two years past . . .
until 2 S te James Tyde last," suspected of stealing, speaks of an "Aperne, Boulter,
Coyffe, Crosseclothe, neckcloth, handcuffs, & a yard of bonelace." During the above
time she received "in wages and in guifts " £3 10s. Od. Jan. 3, 1622 (3).

B. p. 272.

A Jury found her guilty, and it was ordered "q d sedebit in cippis p spacifl
viii. bore " (that she shall sit in the stocks for the space of eight hour[s]).
Sept. 22, 1623. B. p. 280.

III. 76. Order. Order for prosecuting the action against ,l Jasper Dodridge for breaking the

Eng WftM ( R 41iberties of the Town h y arresti »g Mr - W. Holman. C. p. 86.

1 Replevin is a Writ which lies where a Person is distrained for Rent or other thing, and it
is directed to the Sheriff to deliver to him the distress, the Owner thereof giving Surety
to the Sheriff that he will pursue his Action against the Party distraining, and return the
Distress again if the Taking shall be adjudged lawful. — Student's Law Dictionary.

8 July 25.

3 See iii. 69.

4 The greatest jealousy was always shown with regard to intrusion by officials of the Sheriff,

Vice-admiral, etc., into the Borough Liberties.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 69

Marmaduke Pattison, " by his owne Confession ... a vagrant, idle, and 1 1 1. 77. Minutes
begginge peon/' was whipped and sent home to Yorkshire " V th a pasporte from 1623.

Tithinge to Tithinge." Sept 22, 1623. (Many like cases from time to time.) ^^d^R*

B. p. 284.

On Sunday, March 30, Jos. Maunders, T. Samwayes, and Laurence Sanger
" were att Sandesfoote Castle, and were absent from Evening prayer." The first two Sandsfoot
paid Is. each, which was given to the Churchwardens, but Sanger refused. Sept. 22, Fine forabsence
1623. (Many other absentees from Church were fined from time to time, yet the from Church.
Weymouth Magistrates were more lenient than those of Dorchester. See Roberts'
Social Life of the Southern Counties.) B. p. 284.

Various Presentments. W. Comfrey " fecit quandam structuram Anglice 1 1 1. 78. Minutes

i» 1 1 » /1 * 1**0 «o^ Oct. 6 & 20,1623

Bulck. Oct. 6, 1623. B. p. 286. Latin & English

Mention is made " vie apud le5 Rocks." B. p. 287. w - and M - R -

T. Kneller " posuit le5 Earth . . . in ... St. Nicholas Streete a le 2 pynion Pynion.
domus Johis Lyne usque ad le pynion do in us Rici Noyes . . " (has laid earth in
St N. Street from the pynion of J. L.'s house to the pynion of R. N.'s house).

B. p. 289.

H. Randall " incrochiavit sup victt in ponend uufi par de le5 stayers " (has Encroachments
encroached on the street by putting up a pair of stairs). B. p. 290. e '

Another has erected " domfi vocat a penthouse." J. Luke, Cooper, " areit
vasa sua, Anglice, did burne his casks " in the street Unlawful nets and dangerous
" tonnells " (chimueys) are presented. A Proclamation that void ground in High Tonnells.
Street, on which houses formerly stood, must be built upon in two years or be b^f^l^ted.
forfeited to the Town. Oct 20, 1623. B. p. 290.

Peter Fov and Simon Lyde swear that they go in fear of one another. 1 1 1. 79. Minutes

T> 9GK Feb. 4, 1623 (4).

B. p. 295. English.

Several Irishmen are examined about this time, one of them being accused T . v* 11 ^ **' ?*

Irish vagrants.

of very bad couduct, and begging, although calling himself a gentleman.

For a serious offence J. Sweete " was putt in the Choller." T. Augell, of III.8o.Minutes

Weeke (Wyke), "ffidler" was fined 9d. for playing his fiddle in Widow Wilforde's ^P*,^ 0ct '

house on June 3 (Sunday ?). He did the same in another house, at one or two ^J" 1 ^A". 8 ^

x * ' W. and M. R.

a»m., Sept. 14, being also drunk at the time. He was put in the stocks and fined Choller.
28. 7d. But this was returned to him by order of the Mayor. Sept. 21, 1624.

B. p. 304.

1 Pynion does not appear in Bailey's Dictionary. It is, however, now in use, in the sense of
a gable.

70 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

Tews. Presentment of a well (fontem) dug in " Tewss," or " Tewses," near the

Townwell

" Townewell," and deeper than the latter, " cum conveiancia " to the former.

B. p. 307.

J. Fowler and Roger Chipp drive their horses out of the horseway on to the
" Caseway " to Rodwell. B. p. 308.

J. Man " scidit lapides, Anglice, hath scaffelled stones " on the Quay. Jas.
Wages. Spicer, hellyer, is amerced 5s. for charging 4s. 6d. for his son's work for one day.

B. p. 309.
The Jury speak of " le Key opposit ad angustiam, Anglice, against the
A throng. Hhronge p domfi ... J. Ellis." B. p. 310.

III. 8i. Order. Order that the 2 Suit, commenced in the Star Chamber by Mr. Jas. Hanam,

Eng. W.&M.r! agaiust the Mayor, etc., shall be defended. C. p. 100.

Star Chamber.

III. 82. Minutes The Jury present H. Barkway for laying earth " in loco ubi le 3 Maypole

Lat. W.& .\f.R. antehac stet [it] " (in the place where the Maypole formerly stood). B. p. 321.
Maypole.

III. 83. Book. A paper folio Book of Minutes of Borough Law Proceedings from March 29,

1 Atin & Kmrlish 1625, to May 1, 1627. It is in a parchment cover, and is nearly perfect except at
W. and M. R. the en ^ where damp has done much harm. Extracts do not seem needed. S. 209.

1 1 1. 84. Minutes Maximilian Loader is presented because " incrochiavit sup vastfi reerifi ad

Oct. 10, 1026. - r . 1

l^atin & English faciend gardinu " (he has encroached on the King s waste to make a garden).

W. and M. ^ ^udrewes "pmisit ptem montis p adiacentis ad viam " (has let part of the hill
St. Nicholas St. ne ar the road) in St. Nicholas Street fall down. (This must have been St Nicholas

Street, Weymouth.) B. pp. 324, 5.

III. 85. Agree- This seems to be an Agreement or Conveyance "devat Mons r le Bailly Putz,

May 4, 1627. Johne de Carteret, etc., Juretz " (before Mr. Bailiff P., J. de C, etc., Jurors), by

French. Jersey? Rj c hard Constance, so infirm and old "qt ne peutt plus se gouverner" (that he can

no longer control his actions). He therefore makes over to his daughter "Magdolaine
Constance," and to the authority of her husband Jacque le Febre, all his goods and
"deux qrts" (two quarters) of his rent, on condition that they take care of him.
Signed, Bisson. (Probably in a Jersey Court.) S. 223.

1 Drong is the present form of the word.

2 This was perhaps a claim to possession of M. R. Common.

3 This was at the crossing of St. Mary and Bond Streets ; yet St. Mary Street is immediately

mentioned in the Presentment, in a way that half looks as if the former site of the
Maypole had been out of that Street.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 71

W. Vervill and others are presented for playing at cards at Widow Hillerie's, 1 1 1.86. Minutes

May 13, and
on Nov. 1, during the time of Evening Prayer. May 13, 1627. B. p. 334. Sept. 21, 1627.

Among many put in the stocks and fined for drunkenness was a man with „„ § m " r

the odd name or nickname, " John Hatt and feather." Sept. 21, 1627. B. p. 336. Vervill, Hat

and Feather.

Presentment of an encroachment " apud angulum de Newbery Close ad finem 1 1 1. 87. Minutes
de Meechers Lane" (at the corner of N. C. at the end of M. L). B. p. 341. Latin & English

Matthew Allin and others have encroached on High Street " in ponend w - **d M. R.

Newbury,
porticos et appendices, Anglice, Porches and Penthouses" before their houses. (In Encroachments

p. 350 such erections are described as built " upon fundacons and posts.")

B. p. 342.

Brewers are to charge not more than 12s. per hogshead for the best beer. Price of Beer.

Oct 8, 1627. B. p. 344.

" Le Chapplestayers " are mentioned as a locality where the old Edinburgh 1 11.88. Minute.

warning, "Gardyloo," was much needed. B. p. 351. y^ andM. R.

Latin & English
Chapel Stairs.

Order of the Court (of Common Pleas ]) re the Mayor, etc., and Babbidge III. 89. Order.

v. Crossing, allowing the latter to answer in the country if he chooses. S. 224. English.

W. and M*. R.

Obligation by Jas. Osborne, Yeoman, to pay to David Oyer on St. John III. 90. Obli-

Baptist's Day next, 50s. for the poor. * S. 225. Oct720 1629.

Latin & English
W. and M. R.

This is another paper folio similar to iii. 83. but without any original cover. III. 91. Book.

Besides Minutes of the "Curia Domini Regis" it contains entries of Apprentices' Latin & English

Indentures, als ) some letters about trade, of slightly earlier date. See vi. 82. w - and M - R -
Extracts do not appear to be called for. But it may be noted that at a Court on
Dec. 8, 1629, Mr. Mayor adopted the questionable course of giving away some

mutton, "being corrupt fleshe by the oath of R. Hickes and T. Hingston. S. 228. Bad Meat.

Presentment " q d Maria ffloriday vid non het suffit 9 les pinion et mantle foci, 1 1 1. 92. Minute.
Ang 08 a Mantle to make fire in " (Widow ff. has not a proper pinion, etc). The name i^tui 1 Engfoh

Percy appears in the Minutes of this day. B. p. 362. w - •"d M. R.

Floriday, Percy

The Jury present the Corporation "qui non hent par incut, Anglice a paire of 1 1 1. 93. Minute.
Butts. (They still had none, Oct T3, 1634. B. p. 389.) B. p. 368. Latin AEnghih

The Presentments seem to have been often failures. Matt. Allin. e.q. % had w - a »dM. R.

Butts.
been several times presented and fined for not having a proper quay on the edge of Allin.

72 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

his land at Hope, so that rubbish there " lavat 1 " in portfl " (is washed into the port).

Persistent He is again presented, but, as he had not paid the fines nor built a quay before, he
offender.

probably did not much concern himself. B. p. 369.

He is also presented " quia fecit sterquilinium iu coemitrio capelle " (has

made a refuse-heap in the cemetery of the Chapel). B. p. 371.

III. 94. Book. This is a folio paper Minute Book of the Curia Domini Regis, similar to

Latin & English *"• 91 j but the entries do not present much interest. At the end are the Minutes

W. and M. R. f a pie-powder Court, held to consider a claim by M. Cassemar of £265 from Jas.

Jolly " Seneiur de Besne," who is ordered to pay. As far as has been observed, this

Pie-powder j s t ne on ]y Minute of a Pie-powder Court since the Fourteenth Century, recorded in
Court.

these Documents. See iv. 1. S. 229.

II 1. 95. Minutes A long suit with the City of Exeter was going on at this time ; and Mr. Fr.

English. Gape, Town Clerk, rode to London several times in connection with this affair, e.g.,
vv - ^M. R. in April and July> 1632> an d Oct, 1633. C. pp. 122, 3, 135.

•

1 1 1. 96. Minutes Presentment of a dangerous " Tunell Cachianse " (Chimney of Kitchen %).

Sept. and Oct.,

1633. B. p. 3/9.

Latin & 'English j. Wallis' house, called " the workiug house," is mentioned. Sept 30,

W. and M. R. 7 ° r *

Wallis. 1633. B. p. 380.

Presentment " q d vicus ante Crucem et sic 1 altior, Anglice upwards, ad finem

Shambles in et a retro domus vocat the Shambles in vico vocat Stephen Streete " (that the

p en reet g ^ ree |. before the Cross and so upwards to the end of and behind the house called

the Shambles in Stephen Street), is in disrepair. B. p. 384.

Jordan. J. Jordan is presented for breaking a hole in the wall of the Town hall, and

Water thrown

over the through the said hole often throwing water " sup libros, papiros et scripta " (over

Archives. books, papers, and writings). The marks of his doings may be seen to this day, we

suspect B. p. 384.

W- three- Presentment that the three-weekly court in W. side ought to be kept

weeKiy v^ourt.

B. p. 384.

A carpenter and two hellyers are presented " quia loncordiam feceruut ad

opus eins faciend " (because they have made an agreement for doing his work).

This seems to mean that they had agreed to spin out the job undertaken by the

carpenter. They broke the Act 24 Henry VIII. 12. R p. 384.

Buckets. The Town is presented "quia non habent aquee vases, Anglice water buoketts,

Crooks. les Crookes ferri et sufficiefl " (buckets and crooks for use at fires). Oct 7. 1633.

B. p. S86.

1 The Town Clerk's latinity seems to have been on a par with Longfellow's, with his
" Excelsior."

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS.

73

Dorothy Malthame has stolen " duas Tunicas, Angle vocat petticoats . . .
un8 Indusifi Laneft Angle vocat one woollen wascoat . . . una vitta Angle vocat
a Coife una pecia panni lanei Angle vocat a Saddle Cloth." April 2, 1634.

B. f. 15.

Justinian Bagg and Jos. Maunders, Sergeants at Mace, having arrested
Rob. Francis alias Knight, were attacked by Prudence Knight and four other women,
who " . . . maltractaverunt ita q d de vita sua magnope despabant . . . et
rescusserunt " (ill treated them so that they greatly despaired of their life . . . and
rescued) the prisoner. The first woman was acquitted, the others fined 40s. each.
Sept 29, 1634. B. f. 3 b .

1 1 1.97. Minutes

Ap. 2, etc., 1634.

Latin & English

W. and M. R.

Bagg,
Maunders,

Knight.
Rescue by

women.

Two men were presented for " ingrossing " " centum fasciculo " (a hundred III.o8.Minutes
faggots), and " mill e lignear Angle a thousand billets of wood," respectively.

Latin & English

W. and M. R.

Forestalling

woo<l.

B. f. 4 b .

Four sheaves of wheat are valued at 6d. Sept. 29 (?), 1634. B. f. b.

The Overseers are to provide a house for Richard Rich, " a poore impotent
man, and his wife, and . . . if she doe hereafter trouble her neighbours she is to
be punished by the bucking Stoole." 1634. B. f. 32. Clicking Stool.

This is a Document of ninety-three folios, and seems to be a Brief or Opinion III. 99. Brief.

Michms 1634

in the case Attorney General, Sir J. Banett, versus twelve inhabitants of W. and * i^tin.
M. R. (Mayor, etc.?) probably on a "Quo Warranto." It goes into the whole W. and M. R.
Constitution of the Borough, quoting Act of Parliament, Letters Patent, and their
regulations as to Coroner, Forfeitures, Wrecks, Flotsam, Jetsam, etc. S. 106.

Two men are presented for living idly (otiose), Oct. 6, 1634. B. p. 387.

N.B. It was the rule, and had been the custom, for all freemen to attend
the Courts. From frequent Presentments this custom seems to have now fallen
into neglect.

Matt. Allin's " Beere Cart " had broken the wall round a well, to the danger
of children and others. He is to repair it. (But did not for a long time.) Oct.
13, 1634. B. p. 389.

T. Loveles is presented " quia posuit le dale ad portand aquam " (because he
has put a spout (] ?) to carry water out of his house at the end of Love Lane — very
offensive to passers by. Oct. 13, 1634. B. p. 391.

III. 100.

Minutes.

Oct. 13, 1634.

Latin & English

W. and M. R.

Non-attendance

at Courts.
Allin.

Loveles.
Love Lane.

1 " Cacking Stool is an engin invented for the punishment of scolds and unquiet women, and
it was called in old time a Tumhrell. A Pillory and Tumbrell are appendant to a Leet,
without which right cannot be administered to the parties within the view" [of Frank-
pledge]. — Termes de la Ley. A Clicking Stool is said still to exist at Wotton Bassett,
and a Pillory at Marlborough.

74 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

III. 101. Case Order referring, among other things, to the Case below. Oct. 9, 1634.

for Counsel, ^ , A A

etc. a P- 144 -

Oct. and Dec, Three Copies of a Case for Counsel — two with opiuious. By custom,

1634.
English. confirmed by Charter, " goods forreine bought and forreine sold out of the Markett

Caseand 8Qa ^ ^ e forfeited- " -A. foreigner (that is anyone not having the freedom of the

opinions about Borough) rents a cellar not in a street, and there on a Market Day sells to another
Foreign sales. „ . , „ . . i-iiw

foreigner three cwt. of iron bars, which the Mayor seizes.

1. Are they forfeited ? Yes. R. King. I think so. H. Rolle.

2. Is a sale in any open place on a Market day considered a sale "in Markett
overt)' 1 The sale must be in a place where such things are usually sold. R. K.
I think not, unless the place has been accounted part of the Market. H. R.

3. If it is, is a private cellar, out of any street, a market overt? It cannot
be so. R. K. This cannot be. H. R.

4. Can a freeman, factor to a foreigner, retail goods to another foreiguer,
out of the Market day ? He may sell wholesale, but not retail. R. K. I think
not. H. R. (Mr. J. Hill, of Dorchester, in this and other cases seems to have been
guilty of foreign buying and selling. He brought an action about this matter, and
so did a buyer from him, Fooks of Sutton. But the affair was settled by Fooks
confessing his error, paying 5s. fine, and getting his half ton of iron. July 20, 1635.
U p. 144.) Dates of opinions. Dec. 2 & 6, 1634. S. 235.

III. 102. Bonds. Bond by Matt. Allin, Brewer, and John his son, to pay £54 to the poor of

Sept. 16.15 and ^ j^ « supervisoribus pauperum " (to the Overseers of the poor). Two small seals.

Latin & English Sept. 30, 1635. (This seems to have been «£50 principal, and £4 interest, which

Bonds for pay- l**t only was paid Oct. 30, 1635.) S. 234.

ments for the A 8 j m ii ar Bond by T., Matt., and J. Allin, in a sum of £40, to pay on

Allin. Sept. 29, 1639, £21 12s. Od. for the poor of W. side. Small seals. Sept. 24, 1638.

S. 240.

III. 103. A Presentment not observed before occurs, viz., " quod de aliquo contra

Oct. 1635 & 6 re £ em ignoscantur " (that they are ignorant of anything against the King). A man

Latin & English has laid, among other things, "asserios" (?) in the street. Oct. 5, 1635. B. p. 393.
W. and Al. R.

T. Biggs is presented for lighting a fire in his house which is full " del Strawe

Ingrossing. et beanehelme." Five people were fined Is. each for " ingrossing " butter, cheese,

eggs and apples. Oct. 11, 1635. B. p. 397.

Butts. The name "Lovelasse" appears in this, perhaps, its true spelling. The Butts

" minus sufnciefi sunt" (are insufficient). " Parcum ville . . . nullfi habet ostifi n

Town Park. (The park of the Town has no gate). The name Damon appears. Oct. 3, 1 636.

B. p. 401.
Longwell. The " Longewell " (often mentioned) and the Cross seem to have been near

Cross. one ano ther. This well still exists, and is very deep. It was uncovered some years

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 75

ago. Every year about this period Ric. Brooke (a most resolute offender, see iii. 74) Brooke,
is presented for ploughing the " Town Drove," here termed " venella " or passage. Town Drove.
Oct. 12, 1636. B. pp. 403, 4.

"Ric. Keat, etc., fecerunt affraia . . . et traxer sanguinem " (have made
affrays and have drawn blood). Oct. 12, 1636. B. p. 405.

T. Jackson, " an idle person, masteries, living and abiding in alehouses and HI 104.

other ill places," is to be sent to the County House of Correction, unless "he doe Sept. 21, 1637.

forth w th depte the towne and returne noe more unles he pcure a service." ^ in ^^^j? 11

* r W. and M. R.

B. f. 34. Idleness a crime

Ph. Bugden is presented " quia iastragalizavit ang 06 played at Tables." Astragalizavit

B. f. 45*. = ffi at
Also Nath L Peacocke " quia sinit Chartarum ludum usitari in domo sua die

Sabti " (because he allows the game of cards to be used in his house on Sunday.) Cards.

B. f. 46.

H. Michell, Mayor Elect, is amerced £10 for not appearing at this Court to HI- x <>5-

Minutes,
take his oath. Oct. 2, 1637. B. p. 407. Oct.. 1637.

E. Belbin and H. Nicholls come into Court and claim, the one three ^^if^'^
tenements, the other one. Oct. 9, 1637. B. p. 409. property.

W. Barnes and J. Hiugston are presented because they killed two bulls in HI. 106.
the town, "and did not 2 bayte them openly." B. p. 419. Oct. 7 1639.

(Hingston i3 again presented for the same fault, "quia duos tauros occidit qui ff^h ^ n^'n*"
canibus non fuer pulsati ;" and three other butchers were similarly presented.
Oct 5, 1646. B. p. 459.)

Eliz. Cotton is presented for declaring that " she did not care for the in. 107.

Kinge." She is ordered to appear and be punished. B. p. 431. cSt" 1 ^^?"

Presentment of a rubbish heap made by " portator et paccator" (the porters Latin, English,
and packers) of the town. The latter term has not been before observed. B. p. 433. w. and M. R.

Mention is made of Knight's Corner, Rosemarie Lane, Couiger Lane, and Rebellious
Market t Streate. B. pp. 432, 4. Place-names.

Francis Gape, Town Clerk, had been dismissed and his Successor seems to Gape,

have been very painstaking. Whether for this, or some other cause, here for the

first time in these Minutes occurs the Affeeror's OatJ), as follows : " Vous iures que Affeeror's oath.

1 Some have thought that tables = draughts. "Astragalizavit" from aorpayaAot, dice of
a long shape, proves that tables = backgammon.

* Possibly this obligation to bait bulls before killing them arose from an idea that the meat

was thereby improved, just as a coursed hare is better eating than a shot one.

* Ric. Scovil, or Ric. Mayer. See iv. 72.

r*

76 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

vous bien et duement taxes, assesses, et affires, toutes les amerciaments presentus a
ceo Court, et en fesaunce de ceo, vous ne spareres acun pour amour, timour, ne
affection, ne rayse, ne enhaunce a scun plus greuous que sera resonablement,
solonque lour desertes fay tea et nemy plus nie meinder, ne pour enuie ne pour
amour, asses ou affire, mes sur chescun seueralement, solonque le quantity de 4eur
offenses faytes et nemye auterment si vous aide dieu " (You swear that you [will]
well and duly tax, assess, and affeer all the amerciaments presented at this Court,
and in performing this, you shall not spare anyone for love, fear nor affection, nor
raise nor enhance [it] to anyone [to be] more severe than it reasonably shall be,
according to their actual deserts [,] and neither more nor less, neither for envy nor
for love, assess or affeer [it], but on every one severally, according to the amount of
their actual offences, and not otherwise, so help you God). B. p. 435.

(This is much longer than the imperfect English form written, with others, at
the beginning of this Vol. B., viz. : " You shall truly and indifferently affere the
Amerciam 1 * of this Courte nor enhance (?) the same for any hatred or malice neither
affere any one for any . . . rightly and indifferently as neere as god shall give
yo u grace. Soe [help you God].) B. p. 431 — 5.

III. 108. Forms Two Copies of form of Recognizance for an Alehouse-keeper, with the usual

K w &M R restrictions, but also forbidding him to allow haunting of the Alehouse on the

Sunday " Sabath Daie or feastivall daies." But there is no prohibition of Tobacco, as in
observance
Tobacco not K- James I.'s time. Form of License for an Alehouse-keeper. S. 246. 5, 6, 7.

forbidden.
III. 109. Book. This is a small folio book, bound in limp parchment covers, 167 pp. from the

EneW&MR beginning being mostly occupied with law proceedings of various kinds. Inside the

first cover the then Town Clerk has thoughtfully written references to the cases
most out of the ordinary routine. A few extracts are given below in order of date ;
also under Borough, Harbour, Finance, and Church. S. 245.

Cuttance. H. Cuttance deposes that he loaded " a Girding piece with small birding

Pownt. shott . . . and did halfe bend the Cocke . . . not considering it would discharge

it selfe unles it had ben full bent, but . . . putting his finger to the clicker of the

Accidental spring . . . ," the piece went off and shot Alice Pownt in the shoulder. Jan. 14,
wounding by a
Birding Piece. 1644 (5). S. 245. p. 9.

Cavaliers. J« Jourdaiu called Mr. Bailiff H. Rose " a cavaleire and two faced knave."

Rose. j k e g g ^ b e f or given, and on the Bailiffs intercession this is granted. Fabian

Hodder. Hodder is spoken of as a staunch Royalist. May 8, 1646. S. 245. p. 61.

There was another lively scene, arising from politics seemingly, between
Waltham. J. Waltham, Merchant, and Capt. Arthur "one of y e Com 166 " (for the Parliament),
who was called very bad names and threatened by the former. J. W. was imprisoned
" for his lewd carriage." May 27, 1646. S. 245. p. 63.

1 A term used in the Merry Wives of Windsor.

Arthur.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 77

Edith Hoble was accused of great insolence to Mr. Mayor T. Waltham, saying Waltham.
that he was then a Mare but would soon be a Horse — " w th other [very] opprobrious Mayor.
words." Indeed female names, Avice, Alice, Johan, etc., figure a good deal in the
Court Minutes about this time. June 18, 1646. S. 245. p. 72.

Mary Chiles says that the week after the siege, last February twelvemonth, Self- accusation
William, a middle-aged Merchant with flaxen hair and yellow beard, lodged in her
husband's house, having with him £300 in gold and silver. Chiles wished to kill Chiles.

him and get the money, alleging " that it was noe matter for killinge of a man now
twas a tyme of warre." He struck W. on the forehead while asleep, killing him at
once ; then they both dragged the corpse downstairs into an outhouse ; and thence,
with a horse, " to the workes by y e north side of the blockhouse," where they
carried it down by a breach to the end of the Jetty, and threw it into Mr. Pitt's
pool. Then they went home, Chiles "strooke fire . . . and told the mony . . .
putt it into his pockett and then went both to bedd' . . ." Against this self-
accusation Judith Finch deposes that " the same night that the forts of this Towne Finch,
were surprized by the enemy, W. Courtney of Taunton Deane," entrusted her with Taunton Deane.
about £100 and some wares, — which, after the alarm was over, he received back.
He told her that during the siege he was at J. Chiles' house, and she says that she
saw him a quarter of a year after, and has heard from him lately. Rob. Bindell
deposes to being at Chiles' with Courtney. Lastly, Courtney himself deposes to
being in Chiles' house at the time in question, with J. Mercomb, of Taunton, Carrier,
who was living on Monday last. He is mentioned, apparently, because his complexion
was more like that described by M. Chiles than Courtney's was. In this frequented
" house of entertainment " the two men slept " on straw or Beane-helme." July 20 Straw bed.
and Aug. 20, 1646. S. 245. p . 78.

H. Roze has placed "duos tumulos prope Hemplum sup vastum dni Regis" HI. "o.
(two heaps near the church on the Lord King's waste). Oct. 5, 1646. B. p. 455. Oct., 1646.

Barnard Michell's meadow called " 2 Greeue," is washing away into the mouth ^^^m^t?
of the port. Oct. 5, 1646. (In this page and elsewhere occurs a strange word King's Waste.
" allones.") B. p. 456.

A number of tradesmen are presented for carry iug on business without
license. Among them are a " "cutler and iremonger," a gunsmith, a silk mercer, and
a " chirothecarius" (glover), who said that he "had gained liberty by the sword, and Chirothecarius.
would exercise his mystery " in spite of all opponents. Oct. 5, 1646. B. p. 457.

1 This is the first instance (that has been observed in these Records) of the use of Templum
instead of Ecclesia. The French Protestants still call their Churches "Temples," not
"Eglises."

* It was near East Street.

3 This existence of the trades of cutler and gunsmith (now first noticed) may be accounted
for by the military occupation of the town.

78

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

On this day there was an attack on abuses, the late Constable, Mayor,
Bailiffs, and Burgesses (Capital?) being all presented for neglect of making and
considering presentments. B. p. 458.

Several place-names in the Borough occur hereabouts, and may be taken

notice of together. MarbeH's Quay, B. p. 461. The road from Chanel's Works Lane

Windmill. to Wilson's Well, the Churchway near the Windmill, and " le Checker," B. p. 462.

Checker House Also " the Checker House in Hope," B. p. 503. Little Street and Hodges' Corner,

names. & p. 469. There was a " magnum sterquilinium " iu Little Lane, leading from the

Coker. Blockhouse to St. Mary's Street, B. p. 470. Rob. Coker, " arraiger," was living in

Hell Lane. New Street is mentioned, B. p. 471. The Friary Garden, B. p. 481.

The frequent occurrence of the words " aque cursus " and " water-coarse " is

somewhat ambiguous. But they seem to mean no more than a gutter, for one is

mentioned in, or as needed in, Love Lane, B. p. 475.

Mr. Alderman G. Churchey deposes as to the tyrannous conduct of Mr. Peter
Peeke, who, on Oct. 13, about three p.m., wished to force three soldiers upon him
although he was doing his share of quartering soldiers by paying sixpence a week for
one, and his house besides was full of children. Mr. P. "comanded his souldiers to
carry mee to the ^lackerodd." He was kept within the prison till nine p.m., when he
seems to have promised Is. 6d. a week, and so was released. On Oct. 25, Lieut Peeke
sent two more soldiers, whence arose fresh disputes, with " provokeing and urgent
termes," and Lieut. P. accused Mr. 0. of having sworn. At seven p.m. came Lieut
P., Capt Harding, two Serjeants, and many musketeers " with matches burneing
and ran into my house in a hostile manner, and affrighted ray people and in a
speciall manner a sicke sonne in a dying condicon." After another dispute, with

Cavalier. " many pvoking termes," such as " malignant " and " cavaleer," the officers seem to
have left, and then Mr. C. soon dealt with the soldiers, who " depted in a loveing
manner." But between eight and nine p.m. some other soldiers came and insisted
on seeing that every bed was full. " In the end my wife gave them a groat and soe
they went." S. 245. p. 95.

Pippoon. Constable Edwards deposes that Ric. Pippoon was found, with others,

driuking. Being questioned as to this by the Constable, he answered " that whereas
a sheepe had but 4 leggs some would make five of it . . . some would make more
of a business than twas." Dec. %, 1646. S. 245. p/104.

III. ii2. Edith Bull deposes that she heard Damaris Harvey say that A vice Miles is a

July and Aug., witch, and that Amy Cotten " never prospered after shee was Cursed by the said

v \¥lx* i> Avice Miles " Jul y 19 > 1647 - s - 245 - p- us-

Eng. W.&M.R. J l

Miles, Harvey, Constable Edwards was accused of being drunk and " not able to goe or

Edwards. stand," at the last Fast Day. Aug. 3, 1647. S. 245. p. H9.

Witchcraft.
Drunkenness. l See iii. IK).

III. ill.

Minutes.

Oct. 25(?) and

Dec. 4, 1646.

English.

W. and M. R.

Military

domination.

Churchey,

Peeke,
Black Rod.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 79

(In Licenses granted Nov. 2, 1646, the prohibition of tobacco reappears, after III. 113.

being apparently omitted for several years. B. p. 464.) O ct> 5^ 1047.

Four women are presented " quia pmercati sunt et tuniopol» in foro." The ^ m ^jS 8 ^

two long words are not in Migne's Ducange. The late Mayor, etc., were again Tobacco again
presented for neglect of duty. Again Justinian Hingston and also J. Hi rigs ton

have killed a bull "sine verbacone cum cauibus" (without beating with dogs). Unbai ted Bulls.
Oct. 5, 1647. B. pp. 472, 3.

Leonard Hellard is presented for laying in " New Key Streete " a beam or III. 114.

log, on which the boys play, to the disturbance of the neighbours, " pcipue John q^ 1043.

Dudley vadendo super idem lignum et inspiciendo eifl fenestro " (specially of J. D. ^ iin& 1 ^J g R

by going on the same beam aud looking in at his window). Oct. 2, 1648. B. p 481. Annoyance by

DOVS

The Town Clerk construes oddly. A "grave pecium maremti " (rightly odd construing,
mseremu, a heavy piece of timber) is presented as lying in the street in a manner
that is dangerous, especially to those passing by, " uocte, Anglic 1 on horsebacke."
J. Arthur has made a refuse-heap " in diverticulo Angli£ in the Backe Lane ;" and Back Lane.
he has laid anchors in St. Thomas Street near the l White Hart. The Quay froYn White Hart.
Ford's Drong to Martell's Corner is mentioned. Oct. 9, 1648. B. pp. 482, 4.

(The heading of the above Minute gives the King his full titles, but it is for Royal style
the last time. Latin, too, goes out of use in the Curia Legalis ; and the first Latin j g disused

Minute in the new fashion, is that the Mayor Elect, J. Browne, Esq., did not appear except in the

GeneralisSeasio
to take his oath, and was fined £100, and Mr. H. Waltham and Mr. Rob. Wall, Pacis.

Bailiffs elect, refused to take their oaths and were fined £50 each. Oct 3, 1649.

B. p. 486. Latin continues to be used in the Minutes of the "Generalis Sessio

Pacis." Sept. 21, 1649, etc. B. f. 19.)

Although, as above noted, Latin is still partially used, the form of course III. 115.

changes. Here we have " noia Jur pro Re publica" (the names of the Jurors for § ept 2 l 1640.

the Republic). B. f. 19. LAtin -

W. and M. R»
The form of mdictment now runs " et Ricus Scovile gen qui pro Custody Jurors for the

libtatis Auglie authoritate Parliamenti in hac parte sequitur filiter . . " (and Republic.

R. S., gentleman, who for the Guardians of the liberty of England by authority of Guardians of

Parliament on this side faithfully follows . . ), instead of " pro dno Rege " (for the En " i ^ y °*

the Lord King) as heretofore. B. f. 20.

Rob. Clarke is presented "quia super . . . diem Sabbati itmerat 1 fuit "

(because he travelled on Sunday), and J. Senior *' quia Consilium Sociorum Sunday

Juratorum non celavit sed revelavit " (because he did not conceal, but revealed, the observance.

advice of his fellow jurors). He was fined 5s. A distinction is made about swearing.

1 The present White Hart in Lower Bond Street, close to St. Thomas Street, is quite as old,
probably, as this Minute, but from another entry the White Hart of the seventeenth
century seems to have been on the East side of St. Thomas Street.

80

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

Swearin
punish

ed.

A number of people are fined Is. each (as persons often were in former years), "quod
juramenta juraverunt profane " (because they profanely swore oaths) ; but a foreigner
is also fined Is. " quia blaspheme execravit " (because he blasphemously cursed).
Sept. 21, 1649. B. ff. 19, 20.

III. 1 1 6.

Minutes.

Oct., 1649.

Kng. W.&M.R.

Amerciament

and Affeerors.

Black Rod,

Red Lion,

Mountjoy,
Drawbridges.

III. 117.
Minutes.

1650?

English.

W. and M. R.

Templum.

Sunday

observance.

The Affeerors were very active in reducing "paynes " or fines ; eg., "Amerced
X8., affeered to vs." B. p. 486.

Several place-names occur here, the Black Rodd and the Ship, B. p. 486,
the Red Lion in Maiden Street, Mountjoy (between which and the Blockhouse was
a well destitute, like some others, of a stone " coller "), the West Drawbridge, Royes
Drawbridge, and Hynes his Lane. Oct. 3 & 8, 1649. B. pp. 487, 489, 90.

In Commonwealth times a man was presented " quia abfuit a templo w
(because he has been absent from the 1 temple), instead of, as before, " ab ecclesia,"
or " a servitio divino " (from church or from divine service). The last entry in
Vol. B. is a Presentment of Judith Sweetlove, who "tribus separalib3 diebus Sabbati
. . . abfuit a templo" (who on three different Sabbath Days was absent from the
temple). B. f. 47.

III. 118.

Minutes.

Sept. 30, and

Oct. 7, 1650.

English.

W. andM.R.

Holmes.

Affeering.

Aldermen's

gowns.
Earthwork.

Town Walls.
Longwell.

Marsh called
Chayncs Work.

Peters.
Love Lane.

Eleven persons are presented for " letting their Swyne goe at Liberty about
the Towne without Yoakes, Rings or Cloggs." Mr. W. Holmes, late Mayor, is
presented for not levying the 2 estreates for two years. Amerced £5, affeered to £3.
The Aldermen are presented " for not attending the Mayor in their gownes according
to the Auncient Custome of the Towne." Sept. 30, 1650. B. pp. 493, 5.

Mention is made of " carrying of earth for the states use ;" probably for an
earthwork. Oct. 7, 1650. B. p. 495.

Place-names again occur, e.g., the Town Walls, B. p. 494, the 3 Long Well or
" Comon Well of the Towne," the Bridge at the lower end of Hill Lane (called
Wilchers Bridge, Oct. 13, 1651, p. 503), the 4 Marsh called Chaynes Work, and
Leech Lane called also Symes Lane. Oct. 7, 1650. B. p. 496.

Widow Peters has a dangerous chimney in her house in Love Lane and
cannot afford repairs. The word " colleccon," appended, seems to show that the
Court helped her. W. Tizzard, Shoemaker, and neither a freeman nor licensed, is

1 At this day " le temple " is the substitute for " l'^glise " among the French Protestants,
noted before.

- ' ' Estreate . . . the true note of an originall writing. For example of amercements . . .
in the rolles of a Court, to bee leavied by the . . . Officer . . ." — Cowell. a. v.

A It seems to have been in St. Thomas Street at the West end. See iii. 103. In B. p. 513,
the Shambles are described as between the Town-hall and Longwell.

4 See iv. 33».

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 81

presented for baking, and " hucstering from the Markett." (Do., do., p. 503, but Haulstering or

here it is called " haulstriug." Having " no ability," and eight children, it is feared uc 8 g '
that he will be chargeable to the Town.) Oct. 7, 1650. B. pp. 496, 7.

At a Hall W. Seager, Miller, was fined £20, for the poor, for using a short 1 1 1. no. Minute

half-peck for five years. (He paid £10, Jan. 3, 1650 (1) ). C. p. 237. j^w.&joL

Short measure.

Rob. Clarke, Roper, is presented " for pitching his Forks and workinge upon III. 120.

the Towne Wast." Amerced 20s, afFeered 10s. Maior Harding has laid "great Sept. and Oct.,

luggs" (logs?) on the Waste. H. Welman has no pump or bucket to his well, y 16 ?- 1 *,

"leaveing it un useful 1 . . . if a fire should happen." Mr. Mayor G. Pley is presented W. amlM. R.

for "makeinga noysome Mixon." Amerced 5s., afFeered to Is. 6d. Sept. 6, 1651. Unuseful well.

B. pp. 499, 500.

Many of the houses in Love Lane were Hhatchcd. The "souldiers " were a Love lane

grievance, e.g., Sergt. Thomas encroached on the Town land by the Chapel Fort and Military

threatened to beat passers by. Amerced 10s., "and soe afFeered." Widow Bull domination.

r J . Chapel Fort.
keeps an unlicensed and disorderly alehouse " in a house built for one of the poore

of the Towne." B. p. 502.

Mr. Mayor G. Pley and Mr. T. Waltham having carted water to the injury Pley.Waltham.

of the streets aud bridge, their cart-wheels " being iron bound," were amerced 2s.

each. Seventeen persons were amerced 4s. each (afFeered to 2s.) for not coming or

sending to repair the highways in " Whitesonweeke last" for four days. Oct. 13,

1651. A place called " Lyne " or " Lynd " is mentioned, also " Hell Doore," being Lyne.

probably simply the door of the house called Hell, at the corner of East Street and

Hell Lane. B. pp. 504, 5.

Two men are presented "for making of a mixon in the highway, and for HI- 121.

Minutes,

laughing and jeareiug at the Jury." Amerced 6s. 8d., afFeered 3s. 4d. W. Barnes Oct. 12, 1652.

was amerced 12d. " for killing of a bull and not beating of him." Nic. Marriner E A n « W-**TR.

& ° Amerciament.

"for sweareiug one oath," was amerced 3s. 4d. E. Bouzer, for being drunk "to pay AfFeerors.

5s. or sitt vi houres by the heeles." B. p. 508. f or '

drunkenness.

O. Moore is presented " for setting a dry barrell very dangerous for fire on III. 122.

the Topp of his Chemney." Oct. 3, 1653. B. p. 510. Q ct ^53

A. Eburne is presented "for bearing a burden on the Sabboth day." The Eng. W.&M.R.

v J Sunday

Sally Port at the Middle Drawbridge, and the Chapel Hay are mentioned. The odd observance.

name "Sarah Brimstone" occurs. This day the "Jury for the Coin on wealth " Drawbridge

appears for the last time. Henceforward (e.g., Oct. 2, 1654, p. 516), the style is Sarah

Brimstone.

"Juro™ for his Highnes." Oct. 10, 1653. B. p. 513 — 515. Jurors for his

Highness.

1 In the Fac-simile of the Miniatures in the Luttrell Psalter several thatched houses appear
in a fancy view of Constantinople.

M

82

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

III. 123.

Minutes.

Oct. 2. 1654.

Knglish.

VV. and M. R.

Amerciament

for disturbance.

Spinning in the

street.

Place-names.

J. Chiles was amerced 20s., and affeered to 10s., for careless use of candles
in his stable, and for being " a comon disturbance to his neighbours ... at
night' 1 Mr. Rob. Clarke is presented " for su firing his servannts to spinne in the
Streete being a great trouble to the neighbo™, <fec." The Back Street, West Street,
Knaplock'8 Corner at the Harbour, West Key, the Ammunition House, Brook's
Drawbridge, Elliot his drong, Ford's drong (these two near to each other and to the
Quay), and Simon's Lane near the top of Butt's Lane, are mentioned. Oct 2, 1654.

B. pp. 517—521.

The Town is presented "for not having of a Beedle." Oct. 1. Lova^ Lane

1 1 1. 124. Minute

\Gtt. ' eaa< > by the West Gate, 1 Watcombe Drove, and Rogers' Lane are mentioned. Oct. 8.

Eng. W.&M.R.
Beadle.

B. pp. 525—8.

Ill 12s

Minutes.

Oct.. 1656.

English.

VV. and M. R.

Fish Stone.

Pillory.

Mention is made of the Woman's Prison (called the Bridewell, iii. 127), and
of the Fish stone, doubtless the " broad stone " mentioned elsewhere. The Town
is presented " for not having a Pillory & Pouud," and Anne Gire " for building a
-Linage against her 3 Penion end on the Towne Grouud." Oct. 6 & 13, 1656.

B. pp. 532—4.

III. 126.

Minutes.

Oct. 5, 1657.

Eng. W.&M.R.

urinterne
Bridge, Pillory,
Buckets, Crooks

III. 127.

Minutes.

Oct. 4 and 11,

1658.
Eng. W.&M.R.

Bridewell.
Corn Market

and other
place-names.

III. 128.

Minutes.

Oct., 1659.

Eng. W.&M.R.

Jurors for the

Keepers of the

Liberties of

England.

T. Hide " hath builded out a great 4 grinterne . . . next his shop thereby
encroaching on the Towne Streete " at the end of the Bridge. (It was not amended
a year after, Oct. 4, 1658, p. 541.) The Town is still without a Pillory, and also
Buckets and Crooks in case of fire. Oct. 5, 1657. B. p. 537.

Mary Wood is presented " for living au idle course of life out of service,
therefore it is ordered that she be sent to Bridewell if taken at home again ;" and
the same of Susan Wetman's daughter, " a masteries person." The Corn Market
Place, the White Lion, Wayrnan's corner in the Back Street, and the Bridge at
Dodderell'8 Throng end are mentioned. B. pp. 541 — 4.

The heading now begins " The Jurors for the Keepers of the Liberties of
England," instead of "for his Highues." Oct. 3. After going on for years presenting
people for not pitching the street, each in frout of his own house, the Jury now

1 Doubtless Gipsy Lane. Watcombe, or Wodcombe is the field in the angle between the
Wyke Road and Gipsy Lane. This has come to the writer's knowledge after Class I.
was printed. In the Perambulation of W. in i. 40, Wodcombe occurs. The " well called
Tunne," also named there, was probably Rod well, but it possibly was a well formerly
existing in Gipsy Lane. The name Wodcombe was communicated by W. Bowles
Barrett, Esq.

* Can this be a " wood house ?" There is a Low Latin word Lignagium.

9 Penion = Pinion, which is still in use in the sense of Gable.

4 Grinterne is now used as meaning a compartment or division in a Granary.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS. 53

M

preseut and order that a Kate shall be made in the Towne of Waymouth fur the Highway Rate,
repairing of the Highwaies " there, everyone rated Id. weekly for the poor to pay
12d. for the above purpose, and others in proportion ; or to send a labourer to work
eight hours on every day appointed for highway repairs. Oct 10. The surname
Arding occurs (Daniel A. Gouldsmith, Oct. 31, 1663), and Tizzard a few years before. Arding, Tizzard
The Chapel Stairs ijear the sign of the Star, the " Key " behind the sign of the star, Anchor]
Anchor, and the Long Drove are mentioned. Oct 3 & 10, 1659. B. pp. 547—553. Lon 8 Drove *

The Town Clerk now at once returns to the Latin heading "Curia leglis" in III. 129.

place of " Court Leet," Latin Minutes and everything as in 1648. " Oct 1, dni nri Qc^^lo^O

Car ii <fcc <fco duodecimo, A.D. 1660." And the very first Minute taxes his Latinity, Latin & English

and no wonder. For who ever saw the Latin for " Grinterne," now again presented Latin resumed.

for at least the third time ? Five people are presented " quia onera sup diem Sunday

Sabbati . . portaverunt " (because they have carried burdens on the Sabbath).

There is still no " collistrigifi ang 00 a Pillory." " Conclave p Juratoribus Grandibus Pillory.

aug 4 * the Grand Jury Chamber " is out of repair. B. pp. 554 — 6. Grand Jury

Chamber.

W. Bagg8' house has such bad chimneys that in rainy weather the inhabitants 1 1 1. 130. Minute
of the lower rooms cannot " ibi remanere aridi " (keep dry there) ; he, meanwhile, Lat \V & M R

living "in Insula Ceesariensi aug e Jersey." B. p. 562. Insula

Ciesariensis.

Col. Hean, Capt. Babbidge and another, depose that they were assaulted as III. 131.
they " were riming through the Ally of the White Hart," and Col. Hean (who was 16tf . 7 166 3
a leading man at W. in Commonwealth times) was called "Traitor" by Ph. Bartlett En 8- W-&M.R.

Hean,

Oct. 14, 1663. B. p. 565. Babbidge.

N.B. After this date the records of the Courts seem to cease to be kept in \vh t^H rt
the old formal order.

The Recognizances for not killing meat in Lent now begin again. Feb. 28, Lent again

1662 (3). B. p. 567. observed.

The name Pidgeon occurs. March 2, 1662 (3). B. p. 568. Pidgeon.

Emanuel Frost was imprisoned until he could find bail for his appearance to III. 132.
answer for "abusing of G. Strangwayes, Esq.," and saying before the Bailiff, " The ^ay, 1665.

Devill will split you all for doing such Justice." May 25. B. p. 583. ^8- W.&M.R.

. . . Strangways.

A disjointed Minute of the examination of W. Salt, of Rumsey, Teacher and Abusive

suspected Jesuit, and E. Tucker, of W., thought to be a Quaker. They avowed and Ruin^v^auD-

defended certain weekly meetings, and refused to take the Oath of Allegiance, p° 9e d Jesuit.

E. Tucker
alleging that all oaths were unlawful. Committed to Dorchester Gaol. May 31. thought to be a

B. p. 584. Qathi Ua r^f r used.

1 This was a terrible sentence. The Plague was prevailing, and the old Gaol at Dorchester
was a small and probably unhealthy one. It stood in High East Street, just above the
White Hart.

84 CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

III. 133. Rebecca, wife of W. Bright, deposes that he broke over her shoulder and

l^Iinutes
1666. arm " a l Crabbtree sticke full of nobbs," and theu " strooke her down with his fist

Lnglish. wherewith he amazed her." March 15, 1665 (6). There was another assault on a

W. and M. R. x

Wife beating, woman with a stick. She had called J. Waltham, the assailant, " cropteare Rogue
Rmri!(l h h a e™l. and Cuttpurse Rogue." March 20, 1665 (6). B. p. 592.

Serge Weaver. Depositions by Mic. Cary, " Sargeweaver," and Christopher Cowell, Shoe-

maker, both also " souldiers " in Capt. Killigrew's Company. It seems that shortly
before, being on duty at night " uppon the mayne Guard," Strawbridge, another
Sack «iri nking. soldier, brought a great wooden can of 2 sack, holding about four quarts. This was

drunk by these and other soldiers, again filled and again emptied, one man also

bringing " to the quantity of a Pcttlesacke in his hatt." All this wine was stolen

Hull. from the wine cellar of the Bull. " Over the water " then meant W. side, as it does

Over the water. ^ Noy ^ ^ R p g97

III. 134. Inquest on Steph. Chambers, who, when tipsy, fell into the Harbour about

Dec. 29, 1668. °Jg nt P» m * When taken out of the water T. Martyn and others " Roled him on a

Eng. w.&M.R. Cask to gett the water out of his body andcaried him into the George." He revived

Inquest. e .

Effort to revive enough " to speake some froward words," and was carried home, but died before

a drowned man. ^ on i C n Q /■' », 017

George. morning. Dec. 29, 1668. u p. ol7.

HI. 135. Mr. Alderman Hyde, having been accused of speaking words (not specified

Oct. 2, 1674. here), and being required to find sureties for his appearance, " replied to the said

W tng iM p Major (Mayor) i What ! I call the King Rogue V the Major answered itt was downe

Hyde. upon Record and itt could be pved against him. Mr. Hyde answered ' itt must bee

to the Mayor, by such a fellow as thou art/ and soe went out of the Hall." Oct. 2, 1674.

C. p. 349.

III. 136. Two leaves of Minutes of Court of Record, May 29 to Sept. 18, 1677. Very

1677, 1687. little business is minuted. One leaf do., do., Oct. 11 — 22, 1687. S. 255.

Lat. W.&M.R.

III. 137. In- " Indenture," being a Demise by Jas. Lattemar of a house in Petticoat Lane

1678 & 1684(5). to his son Thomas, after the death of James and his wife. With seal. Oct. 8, 1678.

En Lattemar' K * Revocation of the above before the Ma J or > et C- M*™h 17, 1684 (5). S. 256.

Petticoat Lane.

III. 138. Alderman G. Pley deposes that his brother, after much abuse and threatening

1680 168i m their father's house, threw a stone, about three pounds in weight, at him (G.)

Eng. W.&M.R. Am i hit him in the side. Jan. 13, 1679 (80). B. p. 613.

Pley.

1 This reminds one of Giant Despair's "grievous crabtree cudgel," in the contemporary

Pilgrim's Progress.

2 Falstaff would have applauded this " excellent endeauour of drinking good, and good store

of fertile Sherris." See Henry IV., Part 2, Act 1.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS.

85

Again he deposes that his brother Richard swore that " he would before Family quarrel.

night pistoll him." Oct. 16, 1680. B. p. 619.

E. Young deposes that on April 13, Dorothy Clements dragged her into her
house and beat her, and " broke her head Clothes from her head and swore she
would beate her to morter." May 4, 1680. B. p. 613.

Joane Whicker complains that Eliz. Gosley " hath . . . abused her .. . .
in language and blowes and kickes." April 7, 1681. B. p. 619.

Young,

Clements.

Assaults by

women.

Whicker,
Gosley.

By virtue of an Order to the Sheriff, W. Lewes, from " the Right Hon ble
George Lord Jeffery," and a Precept from the Sheriff to the Mayor, etc., commanding
them to erect within the Borough "a sufficient gallowes for the executing the several
persons sentenced and appointed to be executed on Tuesday next within your said
Borough," it is ordered that the Gallows be erected on or near Greeuhill in the
confines of the Borough. " Twelve persons being executed . . . their heads and
quarters were disposed of by the Maior according to the Sheriff's pcept ... as
followeth,"

To Upwey

— Sutton Poyntz

— Osmington

— Preston

— Weeke

— Winfrith

— Broadmaine

— Radipoll

— Winterborne St.

Martin

— Puddletowno

— Bincombe

4 qrs.
2 qrs.
4 qrs.
2 qrs.
4 qrs.
4 qrs.
2 qrs.
2 qrs.

}

2 qrs.

4 qrs.
2 qrs.

32 qrs.

1 head.
1 head.
1 head.

1 head.
1 head.

1 head.

6 heads.

6 qrs. 1 head at the Grand Piere.

2 qrs. at Waymouth Towuend.

4 qrs. 1 head neere the Windmill.

2 qrs. at Waymouth To wnehall.

1 qr. 2 heads at the Bridge.

1 qr. 2 heads at Melcomb Townehall.

III. 139

Minutes.

Sept. and Oct.,

1685.

Eng. W.&M.R.

Judge Jeffery.

The Bloody

Assize.

Gallows at

Greenhill.

Disposal of the

Corpses.

Ghastly List

16 qrs. 6 heads.

Sept. 14, 1685. C. p. 387.

Oct. 14, 1685.

To Bill of Disburstm 18 for y 6 Gallows,
Burning & ^oyling y e Rebells
executed p ord r att this Towne

£15 „ 14 „ 3

S. 254. f. 86.

Costs.

Order that H. Pollexfen, Esq., " Councello 1 " att Law shall be the Standing m. 140. Order
Councell " for the Corporation at a fee of 40s. per annum. C. p. 393. g* y \y &\MEL

Fee.

1 Boiling in pitch. These "Rebells" were some of those condemned at Dorchester. The
Chair used by Lord Jeffery on that occasion is in the Town Hall, Dorchester. He lodged
opposite St. Peter's Church, in a honse just now admirably restored.

86

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

III. 141. Order Order that Mr. Towu Clerk Backway shall ride to London to take Counsel's

Eng. W.&M.R. a ^vice, and put iu a plea, in answer to a Quo Warranto questioning the Borough

Backway. privileges, etc. C. p. 398.

III. 142. Book.

1699—1724.

Latin & English

W. and M. R.

Wages.

Aldermen Har-
ding and Lisle
gambling.

Carrying a
Burgess.

Duel.

Williams,

Freke.

Packet, Jerrat.

Bay Tree.

Constable
turned out by a

landlady.

" Sate in the
stocks."

Griffin, Bound.

Crown and

Sceptre.

Assault.

Turner, Fenner.

Seditious
letters.

This is a folio Book, unbound, of about five hundred pages, containing
miscellaneous records, mostly relating to Law.

Elinor Chandler of N. Charleton, Northumberland, seems to have been
examined simply as a stranger. She had been a " covenant servant " to a farmer for
20s. a year. Aug. 27, 1700 (?). F. 10.

J. Thome and two other Constables found Capt. Harding and Mr. Lisle,
Aldermen, gaming and wrangling in the Bear at ten p.m., and they refused to leave
the house. The Constables thought the game was tables. Capt H. was throwing
Mice. No punishment is noted. Nov. 25, 1700. F. 14.

Rob. Ellary complains of an assault arising from a dispute about division of
money " for carrying one of the Burgesses" (chairing a M.P. ?). Jan. 13, 1700 (1).
F. 15 b .

Peter Green deposes that J. Parker swore " by God's blood and wounds."
April 15, 1701. F. 20 b .

Depositions and Inquest connected with a drunken duel. In the "Collector "
Bower's house Mr. Winston Williams and Mr. W. Freke " dranke punch to a greate
hight," and at eight p.m., a quarrel arising, they went to Melcombe town-end and
fought with swords. Williams was stabbed in the stomach and died about one
a.m. 1701. F. 25 b , etc.

E. Pucket, Watchman, hearing a great noise and swearing in the Bay Tree,
entered. However the landlady, Mary Jerrat " took him by the shoulders and
turned him out." Dec. 2, 1703. F. 57 b .

Pucket also deposes that J. Parker swore four oaths. Here, as in several
similar instances conies the pithy note, " Sate in the stocks." Jan. 18, 1703 (4).
F. 61 b .

G. Bound, Ostler at the Crown and Sceptre, deposes that Dr. Humfry Griffin
" who hath a stage in this Town," being unreasonably offended at being asked if he
could cure the cramp, caught Bound by the hair, and with his own head struck B.'s
face such a stroke " as amazed him," and covered him with blood. Dec. 26,
1704. F. 72 b .

Jas. Turner,, of the Diligence Privateer, deposes that on Monday, July 23, he
received three letters in one cover, franked S. Barker, to be left at the house of
Mr. Fenner, a minister iu Weymouth. In one, dated Norwich, were the words, " the
Queen hath broken her Coronation oath." The rest of the letters, " intermixed in

1 This seems to make it clear that " Tables " was Backgammon and not Draughts, as some
think.

-***

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS.

87

sundry hands/' he could make nothing of. At the Bear he delivered the letters to
a stranger called, he is told, " Mr. Daniell Dufoe," in company with Mr. Fenner,
Independent Minister. Dufoe was often named in the letters. On July 21 he
received another letter, with like address, but not franked, and delivered it to
Mr. D. in Mr. Fenner' 8 presence, Mr. Jonathan Edwards also coming into the room.
July 26, 1 705. (It would rather seem that the letters came to the wrong Capt.
Turner.) Five other persons depose, saying among other things, that Mr. D. said
he cared not who saw the letters, or if they were set up at the Market Cross — also
that it was one of the " Earle of Dysart's party " who spoke the above words against
the Queen. A Warrant was issued, signed Ro. Price, to bring Mr. Fenner, Mr.
1 Dufoe, Mr. Edwards, Capt. Turner, and Capt J as. Turner to Dorchester, as haviug
received traitorous letters. July 27, 1705. F. 74 — 78.

A lively riot arose from the proceedings of a press-gang from the " Pembrok
gaily/' Capt. Gruchy. At least two of the Pembroke men were wounded, and two
of the other side. Lieut. Ripley, commanding the press-gang, was fined 9s. for the
poor, on the charge of drunkenness and swearing. Feb. 26 <fe 27, 1705 (6).
F. 84 b , 85 b .

Examination of Hugh Ryely, alias Amiable Vincent. Half a year before this
present war began he sailed from Dublin to Havre, thence he went to Paris, and, in
several colleges, studied Rhetoric, Greek, Hebrew, etc., etc. Desiring to become a
Protestant, and change of air being prescribed for him, a Pass was obtained from
the King of France. After trying in vain at Cherbourg, he got a passage on board
the Transport, and landed at W., with no papers of any kind except his Pass.
Dec. 12, 1711. F. 144 b .

J. Scarlett deposes that one Foster, Custom House Officer, gave him " a piece
of tin or pewter in the shape . . . of a crooked sixpence " to pay for beer, and
F. said that he had passed others on his way from London. Nov. 9, 1714. F. 175.

J. Jerard deposes that Ric. Webb, called his wife, among other names, an
old Witch, and said that sho had bewitched his child to death. (It is worthy of
note that there is hardly any reference to witchcraft in these Records.) Sept. 19,
1716. F. 187.

Peter, " Marquis of Lambert," complains of an assault on him. Jan. 28,
1717 (8). F. 197.

The Quakers' Meeting was disturbed by firing a gun. Jan. 26, 1719 (20).
F. 210 b .

Hugh Margarv, Barber, deposes that being in a boat with J. Russell, "in the
river going to Radypole," R. " forced him down duble into y e Bottom of the Boate,

1 De Foe speaks of this affair in his " Review of the Affaire of France," published July and
August, 1705.

Bear.
D. Defoe.

Edwards.

Defoe's words.

Press-gang.

Officer fined.

Romanist
examined.

Learning.

Wishes to be a

Protestant.

A Pass from

the King of

France.

Base money.

Witchcraft.

Quakers' meet-
ing disturbed.

Margary.

Russell.

Assault in a

boat.

88

CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS,

Salt house.

Many assaults
by women.

Many widows
publicans.

to the prejudice of his health, and afterwards threw him . . . into the water near
the Old Salt House." Dec. 20, 1721. F. 229.

N.B. In this Book there are a great many cases in which women are
complained of for abuse and violence. Now there seems no evidence of the Ducking
Stool having been kept in repair and use during this period. May not cause and
effect be detected here 1 An astonishing number of widows kept public houses. On
one occasion twenty-one licenses out of thirty-six were granted to widows. S. 259.

III. 143. Pre-
sentments.
1716. 1725—7.

English.

W. and M. R.

Coney gar Ditch

Streets in a bad

state.

Sir James

Thomhill.

Pound.

Stocks.

Buckler Lane.

Six papers of Presentments of Juries, variously designated ; some as at the
Grand Inquest, some at the Court Leet, and one by the Constables. The Town is
presented for not pitching streets, 172G ; for not emptying Cunniger Ditch, "very
much offensive," 1724 & 1725 ; for not repairing the street near Mr. Morgan
Tizzard's, so bad by the traffic of waggons that " the Neighbourhood cannot go cross
the street and is a great anewcence." Sir Jas. Thornhill is presented for letting
stones lie in the highway near the " Pown" — also a "great anewcence." W. Allen
aud J. Hendy are presented " to be slatermen to see there are good skins sold
here." 1726. (Hendy and another were nominated " gashers of hides" in 1725.)
Then comes the Constables' Presentment, Oct. 2, 1727, headed " Dossett Sh."
" Imprimus we present the Town for not keeping the Stocks in good repair." At
the Grand Iuquest, of the same date, "we present Omne bene." At the Court Leet,
also of the same date, " we present the Church way, a great part of . . . Buckler
Lane which being a very bad way to carry the corps of the neighbors to Week . . ; "
also "the highway betwix Mr. Crisdy's house and . . . Wilson's Well being
greivous way both for man as wel as hors." Oct. 9, 1727. S. 260. l— 7.

III. 144. Book.
1724-1800.

English .
W. and M. R.
Description of
Folio Vol. D.

Several

surnames.

Many assault*.

Unpopularity
of Madam
Townson.

A Folio Volume, about twelve inches by eight inches, and two and a half
inches thick, bound in green vellum, with metal escutcheon inscribed " Minutes of
Meetings of the Town Council. 1724 — 1800." It appears to contain all Minutes,
both of " Matters of Justice," and " Constitutions, etc.," previously divided carefully
(for the most part) between the two great Folios. It is indicated in this Catalogue
by the initial " D." In the period comprised in this Volume, several well-known
names come to the front, e.g., Devenish, Fry, Steward, Templemau, Tizard, Tucker,
and Weston. The Volume begins with a startling series of cases of assault,
pp. 1 — 19, from pulling hair from Sarah Deed's head, to the fracture of the skull of
T. Stuckey against his own kitchen floor. June 9 — Oct. 26, 1724. Again, J. Ryall
deposes as to stone throwing and other insults suffered by his mistress, " ^ad"*
Townson," himself and his fellow-servant, when they were "carrying" her (in a
sedan chair) to and from Church, or driving her in her coach about the town.
March 26, 1725. D. p. 28.

1 Madam Townson may have been the widow of Mr. Theobald Townson who was Mayor, 1686.

WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS.

89-

The Dext year many assaults occurred again. Susan Weymau was with
difficulty prevented from attacking Durell Bayly, and afterwards threatened to brain
him with a shovel. March 14, 1725 (6). P. 40.

It was an indictable offence to sell fish in the Borough anywhere but in the
Market The " Blew Anchor " is mentioned. March 15, 1725 (6). P. 41.

T. Poraeroy, Postmaster, deposes that Rob. Drew, " Postboy," i.e. carrier of
the Mail Bag, from Dorchester, on a complaint of irregularity in his work and of his
not 1 blowing his horn, assaulted the deponent in his own house, and challenged him
to fight. March 21, 1725 (6). P. 42.

T. Hickman wishes himself and Jos. Read to be bound over to the County
Sessions, as not expecting justice here, "meaning this Incorporacon." It seems to
have been done. P. 43.

The Queen's Head and the Thistle and Crown are mentioned. P. 43.

Ric. Beale deposes that W. Hay ward, Sidesman, " drew a tuck," swore he
would kill him, and "made a push " with the tuck. June 15, 1726. P. 47.

H. Bradshaw's life was threatened by a dancing master. July 20, 1726. P. 49.

A Deposition about shooting one of " the Rookes belonging to the house
where Mr. Quetteville lives." March 9, 1726 (7). P. 64.

T. Braync deposes about an assault on him " at the post-house ... as [he
and others] were reading the news." Jan. 27, 1726 (7). P. 65.

Mr. Town Clerk Cooper came in for his share of assaults, for reading the Riot
Act "in the 2 Towne Walk" where he had found Mr. Harvey, J. P., being insulted
by a mob. Aug. 15, 1727. P. 72.

Depositions showing that this mob was excited by a dispute in the "Townhall
Walk" between Mr. Harvey and J. Ward, of Hackney, about electing M.Ps. W.
pulled out a printed letter and said that " if the Corporacon durst repaire the pillory
he would gett upon it and read that letter . . . and would preach halfe an hour to
the people, and then come downe and burn the pillory." Aug. 16, 1727. P. 75, &c.

The Golden Lion, the Boot, and the Presbyterian Meeting House are
mentioned. Pp. 82, 98, 103. Folio Vol. D. Borough Chest.

Threatened

assault by a

woman.

Fish not to be

sold except in

the Market.

Blue Anchor.

Assault.

Pomeroy, Drew

Hickman and

Read distrust

Borough justice

Queen's Head.

Thistle and

Crown.

Assault.

Rook shot.
Assault.

Riot Act.
Town Walk.

Harvey, Ward.
Pillory.

Golden Lion,
Boot, Presby-
terian Meeting
House.

In a bundle of sheets of Minutes of W. Sessions, beginning in 1762, are one
or two points which may be noted.

On Dec. 28, 1779, the Rev. Jos. Wilkins, Presbyterian Minister of W., takes
the Oaths of Allegiauce and Supremacy, and declares against Popery, and for the
truth of the Holy Bible. M. v. 7. 16.

III. 14s

Minutes.

1762—1799.

English.

W. and M. R.

1 This may remind us of the riding-post and his horn, in Cowper.

1 This was the roofed-in pavement or foot-path in front of the Town Hall,
of a similar arrangement may be seen at Marlborough.

N

Some remnants

<)() CLASS III. MINUTES OF BOROUGH COURTS, WITH OTHER LAW BUSINESS.

J. Love. On Oct. 4, 1790, J. Love, Bookseller of W., appeared to answer an indictmeut

for an assault on Ric. Whicker. This is curious because Love was preternaturally
corpulent, as his engraved portraits still testify. He was discharged. M. v. 7. 21.
Regrating. On Oct. 3, 1796, Rich d Eames is accused of 'regrating, and Eliz. Clark of

Forestalling, forestalling. M. v. 7. 27.

1 Regratiug is buying goods brought to a Fair or Market, and selling them again in the same,
or within four miles thereof. Forestalling is buying goods on their way to a Fair, etc. ,
with the intent to sell them there at a higher price. — Student's Law Dictionary, s.vv.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE

BOROUGH.

N.B. This Section may fittingly begin with a notice of a number of

Documents which almost up to the completion of this Catalogue were not known to Documents

lately
possess any interest. Indeed some of them had not come to light at all. But on discovered.

examination and search it was found impossible to pass them over. Among them

are some few of the chief curiosities possessed by the Mayor and Corporation. All

that seem to demand special notice are spoken of under the Classes and dates to

which they respectively belong. (See Class i. 5 a , 5 b , 16 a , 18 u ; ii. IT, 24 a , 27 u , 39 ;l ; References to

iv. 37**; vi. 10 b , 91*; also Appendix.) The above collection of Miscellaneous See also below.

Documents is referred to as " M."

At this point must be noticed a part of the above collection which have been IV. i. Feoff-
numbered, docketed, and arranged in Hhree bundles, numbered ii., iii., iv. Aug g' 1534,

Bundle ii. contains eighty-six Feoffments, Confirmations, and Leases by the Mayor T . ^ ,. ,

J ' J J Latin & English

and Corporation of M. R. or W. and M. R., and a few by the Bailiffs of W., from W. f M. R.and

Aug. 9 (26 Henry VIII.), 1534, to June 10 (40 Eliz.), 1598. Bundle iii. do., do., by W J}^" R '

the Mayor, etc., of W. and M. II., from Aug. 18 (1 James I.), 1G03, to March 20,

1655, and contains forty-two documents. Bundle iv. do., do., by private persons,

eighteen documents, from May 24 (36 Henry VIII.), 1544, to March 25 (7 William

III.), 1695. Of these one hundred and forty-six parchment Indentures, etc., nearly

all relate to land in the borough, and the localities are shortly named in the

dockets. Some few are Leases of Petty Customs ; and a few others are curious as

being Feoffments by the pertinacious Bailiffs of W. long after the " Act of Union."

The seals of these and of some others are interesting. Nearly all the above Deeds

are Latin.

A few Documents in these three Bundles are specially noticed. See iv. 2*,
3», 12% 17», 22», 33», 37 b ; vi. 10*. See Appendix. M. ii., iii., iv.

To this Article it is thought fitting to append the following List.

1 Bundle i. is fully noticed, Class i. 5*, etc., as specified above, under N.B.

N*

92

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

DORSET SURNAMES FROM THE DOCUMENTS ABOVE MENTIONED,
And which have not been observed elsewhei % e in the Records, with few exception*.

Aden

M.

iv.

7.

Kingman

M.

ii. 50.

Andrews

—

iv.

18.

Lawse

—

ii. 4.

Blowndell

—

■ •

n.

22.

Lewes

—

iii. 37.

Bonville

—

■ •

11.

66.

Loddis

—

• • • i
in. 1.

ltoyte

—

• •

u.

71.

Man

—

iii. 23.

Burley

—

iv.

5.

Massy

—

ii. 1.

Burred

—

• • •

m.

30.

Millis

—

iv. 5.

Chamberlayne

—

« •

u.

35.

Morgan

—

iii. 2C.

Champion

—

iii.

9.

Morrall

—

ii. 29.

Chamyn

iv.

9.

Neale

—

ii. 69.

Channinge

—

iv.

10.

Newton

—

ii. 5.

Churne

—

• • •

in.

18.

Odiam

—

ii. 49.

Cleaves

—

• •

H.

30.

Payge

—

ii. 55 b .

Corbin

—

• •

n.

31.

Reade

—

iii. 27.

Cumfrie

—

iv.

17.

Riland

—

ii. 55 h .

Darbye

—

• •

u.

36.

Salter

—

iii. 31.

Dennis

—

• • *

in.

11.

Scotte

—

ii. 17.

Eburne

—

• • •

in.

16.

Seager

—

iii. 35.

Flandergosen

—

• •

11.

47.

Stoodleigh

—

iii. 33.

Frye

—

•

1.

1.

Tanner

—

iv. 2.

Gollde

—

• •

11.

56.

Wallys

—

ii. 77.

J ewe

—

iv.

13.

Willcocks

—

ii. 68.

Keyes

—

iii.

mm

IV. i». Instruc- Instructions to the Mayor of Melcombe Regis how to answer when called

May 29 1551. upon to explain a refusal, or hesitation, in reply to a demand for "a place to sytt

in," by H. Ayshley " nameing himself vice admirall." The Mayor is to ask Mr. A.

English .

■M. R.

Admiralty.

for a sight of his authority from Sir W. Herbert, High Admiral; and to quote
chartered exemption from jurisdiction of Admirals, etc. ; and further to offer future
production of Charters. S. 13.

IV. 2. Letter.

May 15, 1555.

Kngliah.

M. R.

Letter from R. Phelyps, -Charborough, saying that he is required by the
King and Queen (Philip and Mary) to " serv ther Highnes within one houree
warning, as well with myne owne presence and sowite as with other . . . within

1 M. R. and \V. stand for " Melcombe Regis " and " Weymouth " respectively, and indicate

to which Borough, or to both, the several Documents respectively refer.

2 Near Wim borne.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

93

myne owne office." He therefore calls on the Mayor of Melcombe Regis to have
4i yn redynes, with such armour and other weapons as they have," T. Sam ways,
T. Buck, R. Bellpytt, and three others. S. 17.

Francis Lawse, Mayor of M. R., and J. Btirley and Owen Grigory, Bailiffs of
the same, of the one part, and Owen Raynolds, of the same, Yeoman, of the other
part, enter into an agreement by indenture for a twenty-one years' lease to 0. R. of
44 all that theyre Conynger and warren of Conyes . . . aswell w4n the said Towue
as wkmte . . . allwaise reseruede . . . highewaies and pathes . . . tharbaige
and pasture." Rent 40s. He is to "repayere and maynteigne" the coneygar and
warren. This would seem to imply a ring fence. But he is not to " ordeigne any
trenche, pale, hedge, dike, wall, or other engyne," meaning probably cross fences.
He is to " repleuysshe " the warren with conies yearly. " For the more Savegarde
of his saide conyes," he may erect on the ground a house of twenty-one by twelve
feet. And he may set traps for dogs, cats, and other " vermyne."

With small seal bearing 0. R. M. ii. 4.

This Lease, however, did not run its course, perhaps solely through the death
of the Lessee, which happened not later than Sept., 1577, when possession of a
house in St. Thomas Street is confirmed to his widow. M. ii. 9.

And on March 1 1, 1579, there was a similar Lease in favour of Barnarde
Maior for twelve years of " all that there conigeare . . . called Melcombe conigeare
on the northe side of the *Towne diche," reserviug " feediuge ... for the 2 rother
bcastes and horsebeastes of the inhabitanuts . . . w th free libtye for all kinde of
psones ... to walke, bowle, shute and otherwyse to use there lawfull disporte
aud w th all other customes of y e sayed towne." Rent 40s., and forty couple of
conies, and he is to leave at least one hundred couple in the warren. The Mayor,
etc., will meet any demand for " tithe conyes and tithe rabbatc." Small defaced
seal. M. ii. 27.

Muster.

IV. 2a. Lease.

Mar. 26, 1563.

English.

M. R.

Lawse, Burley,

Grigory,

Raynolds.

Leases of

Coneyar.

Town Ditch.

Rother beasts.

Horsebeasts.

Shooting and
Bowling.
Tithe of
Rabbits.

Copy of Precept from '* Thomas Lorde Howarde, Vicounte Byndon, Vice- IV. 3. Precept
admyrall of . . . Dorset," to the Mayor of Melcombe Regis, for keeping the j une 2 1564]

Admiralty Court in that Borough. There is an Answer in Latin annexed, sayiug English & Latin

M. R.
that the Mayor, etc.. are not bound to answer to any Admiral unless in cases wherein Viscount

Bindon, Vice-
Adrairal.

the Citizens of Louden are equally bound.

S. 24.

For some reason this Indenture has the locality not expressed, or rather IV. 3**. Feoff-
erased. Hence, probably, it remained in the hands of the Corporation although j u j j j^
duly scaled and signed by the Mayor, T. Newton, and by several Burgesses as Latin. M. R.

1 This was doubtless the same as the " Coneygar Ditch " often mentioned, which was on the

site of Lower Bond Street.

2 These terms are still in use in Dorset and Scotland respectively.

94 CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

witnesses, including G. Bagge (twice), with his curious " mark " or hieroglyphic,

which appears not un frequently in different documents. The nondelivery of this

Lessee's counterpart leaves the Corporation in possession of an interesting curiosity,

Borough Seal*, inasmuch as the M. R Seals remaiu in fair order, on two slips. On the first is

Seal ii. (See. i. 41), with the Mayor's signature. On the second the large Seal of
Lions. Reverse, Seal i., with signatures of the Burgesses and J. Chubbe, " Scriptor."
It may be suggested from this that Seal ii. was specially for the Mayor. Tudeed the
legend is " Sigillum Maioratus de Melcoma." M. ii. 5.

The same Seals, similarly placed, also are appended to a Deed of Gift by
H. Michell, in 15G7. This Sealing he procured because his own Seal (on the first
slip) was " pluriniis incognitum." It is a small head. M. iv. 8.

Two of the W. and M. R. Seals (See i. 42) are on phe slip of an apparently
cancelled Feoffment by the Mayor, etc., in 1593. But they are much broken.

M. ii. 61.

IV. 4. Letter. Autograph Letter from Fr. Asheley to "his Lovinge Frende the Mayer,

English. Stewanle and other Officers of Melcm Rgs and to the Jury there," saying what
M. R. agreement he has made " betwyne the Controler of Poole aud G. Dorsett for certen

variances . . . betwvxt them." S. 26.

IV. 5. Letter. Letter from T. Carew, 'Wolveton, to the Mayor of Mel combe Regis,

English. recommending a stranger, Piere Meuarde, and offering to become surety for him iu
M. R £l00 s 27.

IV. 6. Order. Order under the hand, and Borough Seal of the three lions, of Owen

C ^ Latin ° * Raynolds, Mayor of Melcombe Regis, to T. Fa veil, Serjeant at Mace, for the arrest

M R. of Launcelot Raynolds. Endorsed " L. Ravnolds non est inventus in libertate."

Warrant.

(L. R. has not been found within the liberty.) S. 28.

IV. 7. Order. Order, do. to do., with same Seal, for the arrest of T. Newton. Endorsed

Nov. '2(>, 15(>(>. . . ,. __ A . A ,, _, __

Latin. M. R several times, " Non est inventus. S. 29.

IV. 8. Order. Order, do. to do., with fragment of the same Seal, for arrest of T. Newton.

Mar. 4, 15b'7. „» T • » o «/\

Latin. M. K. Non inventus. S. 30.

IV. 9. Petition. A well written and preserved Petition to the Privy •Council for a grant of 4d.

English P cr thousand pilchards exported, for twenty-one years. It is alleged that this would

W. andM. R. by no means hurt the fishermen, the export being by merchants only, chiefly to

Council. Spain. S. 35.

1 The fine seat of the Trenchards, near Dorchester. It still remains.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 95

Mr. Attorney's Notes for an assurance between the citizens of Kxon and the IV. 10. Notes.

Mayor, etc., of Weymouth and Mclcombe Regis. S. 38. English. IZ

W. and M." R.
This is a large folio Volume of sixty-eight leaves of very stout paper. It is IV. 11. Book,
imperfect, the first remaining leaf being numbered thirty-nine. It is partly a English & Latin
Journal, aud partly a Common-place Book, containing forms, precedents, and W.andM. R.
statutes. It begins with forms of indentures and obligations. ] At folio 42 are
limitations of the Jurisdiction of the Lords Treasurer, Admiral and Keeper in
Loudon. At folio 43 are "the Customes of Billingsgate." There are about forty Customs of
items, of which No. 1 is " For euy grete ship that is at laude fur standage, iid." ** **

The last is that " Leding men " (pilots) from Billingsgate to Gravesend shall not
take more than iid. Doubtless these regulations are entered here because, as the
W. and M. R. liberties were to be the same as those of London, so also the duties,
etc., were alike in the two harbours. Folio 45, etc., contains Forms of Oaths of
six London Officials. The corresponding forms (folio Vol. B) for W. aud M. R. are
nearly the same, but the total for W. aud M. R. is thirteen. Folio 53 contains a
copy of a very curious letter from the Earl of Leicester, addressed to all Mayors, E. of Leicester,
etc., etc. It says that in certain pastures of " Dorset and Somersed " there are
many " 2 sinalle nags . . . contrarie to the Statute . . ." He enjoins the persons
addressed to help R. Gregorie, the bearer, in buying up and exporting forty nags, Ponies.
June 4, 1571. Folio 56 — 59 contain the Borough Constitutions, signed by R. Pitt, ^ Borough
Mayor, and others, one G. Bagg using a very elaborate " mark." Folio 76 b contains
other " Constitucons." Dec. 30, 1584. Folio 81 contains memoranda of the
"•resignation of the Borough Recordership by T. 4 Hanam, Jan. 10, 1591 (2) ; the Hanam.

appointment of W. Weston as his successor, Jan. 18, 1591 (2) ; and of R. Swayne as Weston.

Swavne.
Weston's successor on Oct. 14, 1594. The salary was five marks, or £3 6s. 8d. per Salary.

annum. Folios 100 to 106 contain a coj»y of the " Statute of Winchester." This Statute of

consists of rules, or statements of duties, connected with seventeen different trades. R u i e8 of Trades

The shortest may be given. "Also the sise of a white Tawyer is that he make nor Tawyer.

tawe no manfi of lether but sheppes . . . gotes . . . deres . . . horse . . . and

houndes lether, and y l it be made of sufficient staf, and if he do the contrary to any

of thes he to be arrlse 1 and judged according to the form* statute." S. 47.

Appointment under the hand of Richard Pitt, Mayor, of Thomas Hanam, of IV. 12. Ap-

the Middle Temple, " Utter-bar ister," to be Recorder of Weymouth and Melcombe April" 1 1, C 1570.

Regis, for an " annitie uf three pouuds syx shillings and eight pence." Seal gone. Eng. W.&M.R.

o. 44. Hanam.

1 It is on these limitations that the Mayor's demur to admit a Vice -Admiral to perform
official duties in W. and M. R. on various occasions was founded.

9 Doubtless Dorset '• heath-croppers" and Exmoor ponies.

» See iv. 34.

4 Of Wimborne. This is still a County family.

96

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

IV. 12". Six It may be best to comprise here in one notice seven very interesting

Bailiffs of Wf. Documents, viz., the only Feoffments issued by the Bailiffs of W., which remain in

1570, etc. £h e possession of the Corporation. Of these one is of the year when the "Act of

Union " of the Boroughs was passed, one of the year before, and the rest long after.

These last afford proof of the persistence of the W. Bailiffs in asserting their power.

*This sale of W. Town-land, independently of the Mayor, etc., was one of the charges

Not indented, against them. It is worth noting that these Feoffments are not indented ; whereas

almost, if not quite, all the M. It., and W. and M. R. ones are so. the counterpart,
signed and sealed by the Feoffee remaining with the Corporation. The sealing of
these W. Deeds has been done with three Seals. — 1. A pointed oval Seal about two
and a half inches long, bearing a ship, with one mast, on the dexter side of which is
a shield charged with three Chevrons. Legend indistinct. 2. A round Seal, two
inches across, bearing a ship, with one mast, on the dexter side of which is a shield
with Chevrons as above. On the sinister side, a shield charged with, apparently,
three lions. Legend indistinct. 3. A round Seal, same size, beariug the Chevron
shield, with mediaeval scroll work at the sides and top. Legend indistinct. There
was a fourth W. seal, of which one impression remains (See vi. 66), and it is strange
that it does not appear here. The Feoffments are as follows : —

W. Seals.

Low Latin.

Date. Bailiffs.

a i oq ik -a f J- Brooke
Apnl 28, 1»«0 -| w Dothre „

Feoffee.
J. Wade

Locality.
Hope

June

99 1571 /T. Samwyse
-y, idm J Hugh Randall

o * io noi f T. Clement
Sept. 18, 1581 | Ric p. tt

Constance Knot Hope
Ralph Ryland Hope

Oct. 22, 1581 If

Hugh Randall
Brooke

W. Dottrell

Sept. 6, 1591

{

Roger Payge
H. Harveste

Sept. 6, 1591 Do. Do.

->T in 1-Ao [W. Dotherell
-Jan. 10, lo92 \ Jag Go „ de

J. Sunders

Jane Riland

Land
between
Port and
High St.

Hope
Hope

Seals.

Two Slips, on first,
Seals 2 <fc 3, much
broken, on second
Seal 1. M. ii. 6.

Three Slips, Seals
gone. M. ii. 7.

One Slip, Seals 2 <fe 3
defaced. M. ii. 38 a .

Two Slips, Seals as ou
No. 1. M. ii. 38 b .

Same as No. 1, much
broken. M. ii. 55*.

Same as No. 1, much
broken. M. ii. 55 b .

W. Bury, Surgeon High St. Same as No I.

M. ii. 56.

These Deeds are in Latin, e.g., " Noveritis nos ballivos .
" (know that we the Bailiffs have bargained . . ).

barganizasse

1 See ii. 63.

2 Jan. 10, 34 Eliz. It is worth noting that this date is followed up in the deed by " 1592,"

not " 1591 " as one would have expected.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 97

Small undated Paper, containing an apology, or excuse, to "your worshipes," IV.13. Letters*

etc.

by some one not named. S. 59. 5. Temp. Eliz.

Letter, dated London, April 11, 1571, from "you r poore frend and coburges ^ g u 8l p

Clement Hyet," to the Mayor, etc., apparently. It promises diligence in some cause Hyet.

then" in hand, but he " can do nothing w th owt money." S. 59. 10. Money needed.

Letter froni Ric. Pitt and J. Mounsell to W. Pitt, brother of the former. It Pitt, Mounsell.
seems to relate to Borough law-business. It is undated. S. 59. 13.

Case for Counsel as to Admiralty Jurisdiction; and Mr. Jo. Hammond's IV. 14. Case

Opinion that, as before the Union of the Boroughs such jurisdiction was exercised ^Temp^Ei^ 1 '

by the Bailiffs, so now the Mayor as Chief Officer of the united Borough should Bag- W.&M.R.

« Admiralty,
exercise the same. S. 37.

Curious autograph Letter, dated from Russell Place, written by Francis Earl IV. 15. Letter.

of Bedford. It has a good seal of his arms. It requests the Bailiffs, etc., of ^' ^y ^ * R '

Melcombe Regis (meaning doubtless the united Borough) to allow him to nominate The Earl of

Bedford wishes

a new M.P. for the Borough in place of one lately dead. The Earl proposes that to nominate a

" upon the returne of yo r Indentures yo u will send the same . . . with a blank M,p *

for y e name." S. 52.

Draft Appointment of " our wellbeloved in Christ," Humfry Jolliff, Attorney IV. 16. Paper,

in the Common Pleas, to be Attorney to the Mayor, etc., in an action against Widow E W.&M.R.

Hastinge, Jas. Hannam, Esq., and others, " to gayne or loose 1 ccxl acres of pasture Lawsuit about

* the Common

and lxxx acres of raarshe . . ." See v. 26, and iv. 81. S. 58. 5. and Marsh.

Latin Letter, or Writ, with seal of arms, from " Matheus Arundell, Miles, IV. 17. Letter.

Tan *}d 1 ' ! \'7£

*Vi8 Com* Dorst," instructing the Mayor, etc., to elect a new M.P., inasmuch as one Lat. W.&M R

of the members " jam diem clausit extrem* " (has now closed his last day). There Election.
is an English endorsement by Owin Raynold, Mayor, that the Writ came to him on
Saturday, Jan. 28, and that the Election took place on Monday. S. 60.

This may be noticed as giving a little fragment of topography. The IV. 17*. Feoff-

" Green" was on one occasion presented as crumbling away into the Harbour, but AxxJ^Q^i&js

its locality was not further defined. Here however the Mayor, etc., grant " peciam Latin.

1 ,. 1 . 1 «r .1 o. w « W. and M. R.

terre . . . m . . . le grene abutting on the Western side on St. Mary Street, The Green.

and on the Southern on St. Edmund Street. M. ii. 16.

The Green is mentioned in several other Feoffments (e.g. M. ii. 45, 48), in

which the plots are said to abut " ex parte orientali super Maiden Street," and " ex

parte boreali sup commune terr Burgi."

1 M. R. Common and W. Marsh. See iv. 89. On her death-bed long after, she asked her
son Mr. Hannam to give up all litigation. See iv. 81.

1 Sheriff,
o

98 CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

IV. 18. Lease. Parchment Indenture, under Borough Seal (defaced), by W. Pytte, Mayor*

Eng. W.&M.R. etc -» leasing " *that there longe shoppe" adjoining the 2 North and West ends of the
Pytte, P*?{* e ' " Towne House," for a term of twenty-one years, to T. Clarke, at 20s. per annum.

T. Clarke signs, with an elaborate "mark." No other signature appears. S. 69.

IV. 19. Letters Letter, dated Feb. 25, 1580 (1), from H. Rogers and others to T. Howarde,

English Esq., asking him to consent to the liberation of an Oxford Student, who was

W. and M. R. imprisoned for going about with another Student to get money " for there better
Howarde.

exhibition," showing a forged license. " Master T. Howarde, Esquier " answers, on

Vagrant the same paper, that he cannot consent, for there are many evil-disposed people

roaming in disguise, " sum leke scolers;" and this " forsworn varlet" may be one of

them. Master H. speaks of lamentable news from Scotland. S. 77.

IV. 20. Notice. Notice to collect tenths and fifteenths for the Queen, in the Liberty of the

April 9 1582
Eng. W.&M.R. Borough, from Collector J. Martin, of Wiuterbourne Bellett, alias Cripton. S. 96.

Martin.

IV. 21. Certi- Certificate by Bailiffs Randall and Dotherell of the burning of the house of

ficate. °

Dec. 23, 1582. J- Dore, and that his wife was " grevoslye scalded." S. 99. 7.

English. W.(?)

Randall,

Dotherell.

IV. 22. Testi- Apparently a draft Testimonial by Mr. Mayor (?) Allyn, etc., to the good

May 10 1583. character of J. Feaver and J. C. [hapell?] (Mr. Mounsell seems to have been
Eng. W.&M.R. Mayor in 1582, 3. See ii. 49.) S. 143. 4.

IV. 22*. Feoff- This Feoffment is worth notice because the price paid by St. Chamberlaine,

Sept. 1584. Smith, for a plot of ground in Maiden Street, about thirty by thirty-five feet, is the

Lat. W.&M.R. acceptance of Abel Edwardes as apprentice, to Michaelmas, 1592. During this time

Edwardes, ^ * °

Chamberlaine. to the same A. E. " sufficient victu, vestitu, et hospitiu . . . cum rationabili

Apprentices lp cu8t jg acoe suppeditabnt " (Food, clothing, and lodging, with reasonable chastisement

shall be supplied). M. ii. 46.

IV. 23. Letter. Precept from G. 'Trencharde and J. :l Willyams, Esqs., for mustering and

Sept. 30, 1.585.

Eng. W.&M.R. training nine men (named) as the Borough contingent to appear with armour and

vmUams 1 ' wea P ons at Dorchester on Oct. 13. Each " shott to bringe w th him 10 bulletta, a
Muster. rolle of match and li lb of powder," and not to fire away any ammunition without

Wolveton. , _ ,_. ,

orders. From Wolveton. S. 114,

1 " That there," good Dorset.

2 A Shop, 80 placed, is shown in prints of the old M. R. Town Hall.

2 Of Wolveton and (doubtless) Herringstone, two fine old houses now standing
Dorchester, and the latter still in possession of the Williams family.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 99

Francis Hawley, Esq., writes to the Mayor about fish required, but for what IV. 24. Letter,

purpose does not seem to be specified. But as he was Vice-Admiral for Dorset, he Eng. W.&M.R.

may refer to the tenth claimed by the Lord Admiral out of prize cargoes. He Hawley.
speaks of a warehouse and new locks to be provided ; and that care must be taken
"that no imbesuling be." Dated seemingly from "L. Lester his house." S. 115.

Mr. J. Mokett, Mayor, testifies that J. Detanone, Merchant, " ville Chinon IV. 25. Testi-
infra Ducatfl TouraniaB 1 " (of the town of C. in the Duchy of Touraine), fearing an Jan.4(?), 1585(6)

edict of the King of France, had come to W. with his family, and had abode there krt in * E ^8 1 ^ h

' J ' W. andM. R.

about a month " fama integra " (with perfect reputation). The Mayor affixes the French refugee,
official Seal, " ultimis nonis Januaru anno Dm 1585 secum computacione ecclTse
AnglicansB " (on the last nones of January, A.D. 1585 (6), according to the
computation of the Anglican Church). This is perhaps for " pridie nonarum,"
ue. Jan. 4. S. 119. 12*.

" The 2 Tolze of a nagge sold to T. Hengston," by R. Peers of Apsom, " in IV. 26. Memo-
open streate " in M. R. side. It was "of color taddyvoe toppe cutte in the neare Feb. 13, 1585(6).
yeare burned in the further buttocke." The "tolze" was witnessed by J. Allyn Eng-W.&M.R.

(Mayor?) and others. S. 119. 4. colour.

Tolze. AUyn.

Copy Conveyance by J. Peers, " thelder," of M. Regis, of the one part, to his IV. 27. Con-
brother Balthazar, of the other part, of a plot of land one hundred and thirty-five Ma7?M585(6)

feet from N. to S., and ninety-three feet from E. to W. It is next to and S. of a Eng. W.&M.R.

J The feoffment

lane N. of " the late ffryerie," and next to and E. of a lane to be left about eighty to J. Peers from

feet from the E. side of J. Peers' new houses. Payment of .£20 was made beforehand. Town

J remains.

The land to be " holden of the Chief Lorde of the Fee by the yearlye rent of 8d," Friary land.

as the purchaser's share of the rent of one noble, payable to the Corporation for the

whole Friary, and for all the other land " so purchased " by J. Peers. He appoints

his " well beloved in Christ," T. Martin and Robt. Jurdan his Attorneys, to take Martin,Jurdan.

seisin and give the same to Balthazar. S. 112.

This little paper is the Will of " Joane Ryves sicke of bodie, but I thanke IV. 28. Will.

After 11 1 ftfi#S

God wholle of minde." It is interesting to find the Mayor witnessing the bequest Enf. W.&M.R.

of this poor woman's slender belongings, e.g., " to T. Wawker a patched pan . . . Widow Ryves'

_ Will.

itm to Magge Budwyns my russet cassacke." And the payment to " 3 such as take Wawker,

paine about me [is] at the discrecon of Mr. Mayor." S. 119. 18. U W ^ DA '

1 This is the first time that " ae " for the Latin Genitive has been observed in these Records.

s This is not in the Dictionaries of Cowell, Bailey, or Jacob, but the last two have "tolsey," a
place where merchants meet.

1 See v. 26, where a payment of 5s. " towards the buriall of Mother Ryves," seems to show
that the testatrix lived on for ten years.

100

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

IV. 29. Letter. To the Mayor, etc., from ! T. Howarde, Esq., asking for a loan of .£40 to make

Eng. W.&M.R. U P ^140, rent asked for, six weeks before rent day, by my Lord Admiral [C. Howard].

r ^/^JF^e. , The loan will be repaid in six weeks with a quarter of wheat as interest : or the
Lord C. Howard r ^

Price of wheat, whole can be repaid in wheat at 3s. 4d. per bushel, saleable at 4s., and fit to make

"byskey." He expects his " brother 2 Horsey," and will not forget the town affairs.
From 8 Walterston. S. 122.

IV. 30. Letter.

April 26, 1587.

English. W.

Trenchard,

Randall.

Ammunition.

Poole.

From G. Trenchard, Esq., to Hugh Randall (one of the Bailiffs of the Manor
of W. ?) saying that he hears that a " last of powder . . . for a contynewall store "
has been provided, but only "c c li." on W. side, where also "C match " should have
been found, but this has been neglected. He therefore enjoins Randall to see to
this, or those in fault must be treated as has been done at Poole, "of the w ch I would
be right sory hoping that thimportance of the cause . . . will urge efy honest man
to be willing . . ." From Wolveton. S. 153.

IV. 31. Letter.

June 12, 1587.

Eng. VV.&M.R.

Howarde,

Trenchard,

Williams,

Payne.

Muster.

Corslets.

Pitt, Preston,
Buckler, Brook,

Clark, Deake,
Hunt, Willsden

Letter or Precept with signatures of T. Howarde, G. Trenchard, and
J. Willyams, Esqs., to Mr. Mayor W. Pitt, requiring him (" for that Mr. J. Payne is
now sick ") to send five men, named, and four more, to the muster at Dorchester,
that " 4 wee may make the better choice ;" also twenty bearing callivers. Annexed
is this note.

Armo*.

Waymouth
Melcomb Regis.

The borough ii corslets fur.

a Cor. fur. a
a Cor. fur. a
a Cor. fur. a

Mr. W. Pitt mayo r

Mr. J. Payne

Mr. Ric. Pit

Mr. Preston for the

Widow Buckler's far me,, a Cor. fur. a

J. Brook r a Cor. fur. a

Soldiers.
rBartholomew Clark.

James Deeke.
Nich. Hunt.

J. ffowler.
Ric. Willsden.

S. 156.

IV. 32. Orders. Four Papers pinned together, relating to musters.

Eng. W.&M.R. Letter from Sir G. Trenchard to the Mayor, first about recovering a stolen

T SlF h a c l° a k> and then ordering the Borough Corslets to be sent to Dorchester by eight

1 He was second son of Thomas, first Viscount Bindon, See iv. 3, to which title he afterwards

succeeded, and was also Lord Howard of Walden and Earl of Suffolk. He was much
concerned in Borough affairs, and in 1575, 6, was one of the Bailiffs of W. and M. R. and
was a J. P. thereof. In 1581 he seems to have been Mayor, with W. Pyt as his deputy.
See ii. 28, 33.

2 Of Mel com be Horsey, of which house there are some remains.

3 There is a fine old house there, injured by fire, but admirably restored. It is, however,

probably hardly so old as Mr. Howard's time. He had a house in the Borough.

4 This irresistibly recalls the muster scene in King Henry IV., Part 2.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

101

a.m., the Monday following, on such men as Mr. J. Payne shall appoint. From

Dorchester. April 18, 1590.

From Mr. Payne, to the same effect There were two corslets from the

Borough, and one each from R. and W. Pytt See iv. 31.

Do., do., May, 1590. The rendezvous was al Pumrie near Dorchester."
From Sir G. T., ordering the Mayor to send the corslets to Dorchester the

next day, and to place them upon the " tallest and in ee test psons you have there."

From Wolveton. May 14. 1590. S. 168. l, 2, 3, 4.

Three undated papers which seem to be of about this date.

" Licence of passeporte " for Lucas Dorleye and Symon Vanderverva, of
"Amvarpe," who came " in a Spanysshe botome from Allerede in Byskeye," and are
hereby allowed to go to London.

" R. Devenish Lease for the shopp at bridge foote." It would seem that this
Lease was in duplicate ; one copy, an " Indenture," sealed with the Borough Seal
and kept by D., and the present paper signed and sealed by D. and kept by the
Mayor. Seal gone. No date.

Mem m of "names not to enter the towne," with twenty names; and "to enter
the towne," with only one name. This must have been in connection with a
pestilence. No date. S. 167. 2, 3, 4.

Payne.
Muster.

Pumrie =
Poundbury.

IV. 33. Pass-
port, etc
1587 (?).
English.
W. and M. R.
Passport.

Devenish,
Lease.

Quarantine.

Raynolds Channynge the elder, Butcher, sells to his son Raynolds his moiety IV. 53a. Coa-
of a " plat pece of grounde, and Arme of the Sea Milles thereupon erected." Endorsed j^q 12 1590.
" The deeds con&iinge Channyns worcke," and " Channing to his son . . . one En 8* W.&M.R.
half of marsh." See iii. 118. This notice of tidal mills is remarkable. M. iv. 10. Tidal Mills.

A wonderfully ill-penned, but well composed, letter from Mr. Recorder
Hanam, to the Mayor it seems, saying that, after holding office twenty years, he
wishes to resign. He hopes that Mr. Weston may succeed him. (So he did.)
Nov. 22, 1591.

Formal Resignation of the Recordership under Mr. Hanam's hand and seal.
Jan. 10, 1591 (2).

Letter from Mr. Hanam to the Mayor, etc., expressing his joy at their choice
of'amostfitt recorder." The Recordership was Mr. H.'s first office, and "god
willinge I will never be unmyndfull of you iu token whereoff I have sent you a
smaull pece of veniso. Thatt w ch remaineth dewe to me . . .1 have appointed
your Towne clarke to bestowe for me." Wymbonie. Jan. 16, 1591 (2).

S. 170. 1, 171, 170. 2.

IV. 34. Letters.

1591, 2.

English.
W. and M. R.

Recorder

Hanam.

Weston.

Hanam —
Resignation.

Present of
Venison.

1 Poundbury, a Roman Camp, still called as spelt phonetically by Master Payne. Indeed
some antiquarians think him to be in the right, the name being, according to them, a
corruption of Pomoerium.

102

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

IV.35.Receipt

Mar. 2,1591 (2).

English.
W. and M. R.

"Ambro8 Lyppscom his acquitance," to Rob. Morrys, Bailiff, for goods
delivered to him, and in connection with which one J. Walters was tried and
executed. S. 167. 5.

IV. 36. Letter.

May 12, 1592.

Eng. W.&M.R.

Autographs of

Lords of the

Council.

Bride.

Seal.

Letter from the Privy Council, with autograph signatures of 1 J. Archbishop
of Canterbury, Lords Burghley, C. Howard, Hunsdon, and Buck hurst, addressed to
the Justices of Dorset, and requiring them to meet and devise means for contributing
to the erection of W. bridge. From Greenwich, with Seal of Rose and Crown, and
8. C. P. (Sigillum Concilu Privati ?) (Also a certified copy.) S. 172, 173.

IV. 37. Letters

Aug. 13, 1593.

Eng. W.&M.R.
Howarde,
Bareffoote.

Water supply

proposed.

Bridge.

Windsor.
Seal.

Gorges.

Sutton, Preston

Southdown
springs.

Stannfeyld.

Viscountess

Bindon.

From T. 2 Howarde, Esq., to Mr. T. Bareffoote, Mayor, etc., in answer to
several letters asking his concurrence in connection with "coimdit heds yn y* comon
of sutton pointes." His good will "ys coparable w h his w ch lekth best your good ;"
but he knows not " 2 yn what stede his lysence may serve " them. However " what
in me lieth I willingly graunte . . ." " The going fforwarde off your 3 brdge lekth
me well hoping christyan Love will increse therby." He seems to dissuade them
from pressing at present for help from the country. " firom y e courte at Wynsor."
Good Seal of Arms, in shining red wax, more like that now used than any hitherto
observed in these papers. Aug. 13, 1593.

From A. (?) 4 Gorges, Esq., to the Mayor, etc., consenting to a similar request,
provided the taking a water supply does no " $iudyce to the Inherytaunce of my
daughter, nor the detryment of the Tennants." With Seal of Arms. Aug. 14, 1593.

Agreement (two copies) by J. Willyams (of Herringstone V) and W. Caiers,
Freeholders, and seventeen Tenants of the Liberty of Sutton Poyntz and Preston,
allowing conduit heads to be built in, and water to be taken, and pipes to be laid
from two springs in the common called Southdown, to that part of the Borough
which before " was called Melcombe Regis," and where the water on the spot is
" somethinge brecheye." W. Caiers and fifteen of the tenants sign by mark.
Aug. 26, 1593.

Draft Letter from the Mayor and Inhabitants of M. R., to Edmonde
Stanffeyld, Esq., and the u Ladye Howard Vycountys Byndon his wyffe," praying
them as Lord and Lady of the Manors of Sutton Poyntz and Preston to accede to

1 J. Abbot.

* He was second son of Lord Bindon, owner of the Luiworth Estates, to which Southdown,
Sutton Poyntz, then (as now) belonged probably, although subject to common rights it
would seem.

8 From MS. Chronology of Denis Bond of Sutton. "1597. The Timber Bridge att Waymouth
bilt. My Father gave £40 towards it, and the like sum to the Gitty and to the New
Church."— Hutchins' History of Dorset. 1863. ii. 442.

4 The Gorges' family were of Wraxall, Somerset, and Bradpole and Sturminster Mayh^ll^
Dorset.— Hutchins (1868). Vol. iii. 342. See iv. 53.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 103

and confirm the grant as above. The water was to flow in " pypes of Leade."
Sept, 1593.

Letter from the above, with autograph signatures, to Mr. Mayor Barfoot, etc., Barfoot.
freely consenting, provided the tenants are not injured. From l Lul worth. Sept 9,
1593. S. 179, 176, 174. i, 2. 175. i, 2.

This Indenture between the Mayor, etc., of the one part, and T. Middleton, IV. 37a. Bene-
of Loudon, Gent, of the other part, relates to the gift by the latter of £10, the M ar \ t 159^

interest to be spent for wood for the poor. See iv. 45. M. i. 10. Eng. W-AM.R.

r L Wood for the

poor.
From T. Chafin, Esq., to Mr. Mayor W. Pytt. He acknowledges a letter IV. 38. Letter,
asking him to meet Mr. Howard and other gentlemen next day at W. " for English.

reformation of abuses. " As this is the first time he has heard of this — " hastie W.andM. R

Chann.

notice in myne opynion " — he seems to postpone his visit. S. 183.

From two Feoffments it appears that certain plots of land in the Coneygar IV. 38a. Feoff-
were bounded on the West by the way leading from St. Mary Street, and on the Aug. 18, 1603.
East by that leading through the Bulwark. M. iii. 1, 3. ^Jj*™- R

Bulwark.

Mem m of business done and money laid out by R. Keate (late Town Clerk) IV. 38 b . Mem-
in 1599, etc. The first item is connected with a Feoffment to J. Corbyn, two 1607.

original parchment Indentures, connected with which, exist M. ii. 31, 33. w^Jm" r

Mem a of Bonds and Decrees delivered to the Mayor and to Mr. Alexander, IV. 39. Merao-

,_ randa.

Attorney. S. 207. 7. May 8, June 25,

1617.

Eng.W.&M.R.

Alexander.

In the Folio Vol. B., chiefly devoted to Law Minutes, are some things coming IV. 40. Forms
under Class iv. ; e.g., pp. 4 — 9, Forms of Oath, viz. : — O ct 1517.

The Oath of the Mavor. .. . Bn «J i ^- .,

\V . and M. IJ.

— — Supremacye. Oaths.

— — Allegiance.

— — the Bailiffs.

— — — Cunstables.

■ — — — principall and capitall Burgesses.

— — u ffreeman.

— — the Serjeante att the Mace.

1 Lulworth Castle was then in building (of stones from Bindon Abbey and Mount Poynings)
by T. first Viscount Bindon, who carried on the work from 1588 to 1609. Theophilus
second Earl of Suffolk lived there in 1635, but the interior was still unfinished in 1641,
when H. Weld, Esq., bought it. — Hutching.

* This expression looks as if the bulwark was a defence of some extent, not a mere battery.

X04 CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

The Oath of an Attorny.

— — a true Liedgman.

— — the 1 Aflferour8 of -Amerciaments.

— — — olde C unstable in a Lawdaye.

— — — Porters.

It may suffice to give the first and the last.

Oath of the THE OATH OF THE MAYOR.

Mayor.

You shall swere that yo 11 shall well, justly and lawfully to the uttermost© of
yo r power serve the Kings Ma tie in thexecutinge of the office of Mayo 1 ", Coroner,
Escheato 7 and Clarcke of the Market of this Borrough and Towne of Waymouth and
Melcombe Regis for this jisent yeare to com. And the same Borrough and Towne
yo u shall endevo r safely and surely to keepe to the behoffe of o T so v eigne Lord the
King his heires and Successo™ Kinges and Queenes of England.

Alsoe yo u shall lawfully and rightfully intreat the People and Inhabitants of
this Borrough and Towne and righte and justice shall yo u doe to every one aswell
to straungers as others to poore as rich in all that belongeth to yo u in yo r office to
doe. The liberties Constitutons and lawful ordinanncs of this Borrough and Towne
for the more quiet and better governinge of the same yo u shall set upp and the same
from time to time to the best of yo r Power meinteine.

Good Assise yo u shall set upon bread, wine, Ale, Beere, ffish, flesh, Come and
all other victualls ; The weighted aud measures within this Borrough and Towne
lawfull shall yo" keepe and due execucon doe upon the defalte that thereof shalbee
found according to the lawes and statutes of this Realm e.

The Mace and : *Seale nowe delivered unto yo u [you] shall safely keepe and
deliver to the nexte Mayo r of this Corporacon. Soe helpe yo u God.

Oath of the THE OATH OF THE PORTERS.

Porters.

Yo 11 and every of yo 11 shall well faithfully and truly demeane and behave

yo r 8elves in bereing doeiug and executinge the office of Porters w^in this Borrong

and Towne of Waymouth and Melcombe Regis ; you shall att all times bee attendant

1 Affeerour8 y afferatores, aliiU ajjUlati ... be appointed in Courts leet, etc., to mulct such
as have committed faults arbitrably punishable and have no expresse penalty set downe
by statute. — Co well's Interpreter, 1637, sub voce. An Amerciament was ordered and
Affeerors sworn in, at Portland, in 1846.

* Amerciament. [A.] be such [punishments] as be arbitrably opposed (imposed ?) by affeerors.
Man wood would inferre an a: to be a more mercifull penaltie [than a fine]. The author
of the new tearmes of lawe saith that a : is . . . a penalty . . . for an offence . . .
for the which [the criminal] putteth himself e upon the mercieof the Lord. — Interpreter,
sub voce.

3 The Seal Bag, containing eight Seals (See i. 41, 42) is to this day put into the hands of the
Mayor when he is sworn in.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 105

upon the Mayo r of the same Borrough and Towne for the time beinge to jjforme that

service w * 1 by him yo u shalbee required to doe. The busines of the Merchants of

the same Borrough and Towne and such others as shall repaire hither in such busines

as they shall put yo u in truste to doe yo u shall carefully and diligently see to bee

donn. The goods of any person wherew^all yo u shalbee credited yo u shall not

imbasell nor deceitfully convay away or demynish. Such fifitte as shall arise or

growe due to the Muyo r and Corporacon of this Borrough and Towne and their

assignes and come to your hands for and in respecte of the Cartage yo u shall Carefully

and faithfully gather and take upp to his use and a true accompt thereof unto him

whensoever yo u shalbee thereunto called yo u shall yeald and pay. Any Cattle Piggs stray Cattle

Geese or Ducks to wander in the streetes yo u shall not suffer but them yo u shall jj£ i m ™uii5edL

impound and in all things belonginge to the office of Porters yo u shall behave

yo^elves honestly and faithfully to the uttermoste of yo r power. Soe helpe

yo u God. B. pp. 4—9.

(Here begin extracts from a Folio Vol., seventeen inches by eleven iuches by IV. 41.
three and a half inches, green vellum, metal corners and escutcheon, on which and A 6 j^j^
on a fly leaf is the Title, " The Records of the Constitutions, Orders, and Matters w ^} i ?J" R
concerning this Corporation of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis." At the beginning Folio Vol. C."
is a lettered Index occupying pp. i. — xxii. Then pages 1 — 427 are filled almost
entirely with Minutes of Orders, etc., of the Mayor and Council from Oct. 9, 1617, to
April 10, 1695, including also Records of Apprenticeships and Grants of Freedom of
the Borough. In page 2 is an Order as to what is to be entered in the " Greater
booke of the twoe bookes" (Vol. B.), and what in the lesser, viz., the present one,
indicated in this Catalogue as C. This Order is expressed in the respective Titles.
Oct 9, 1617.)

"A Survey of the Rents of the Burgages, Tenem te and Lands in Waymouth Survey of W.
. . . taken the 18 th day of June, 1617 . . ." Burgages.

In the East side of Hope

14

properties.

— West — — -

35

—

— South — the High Street

68

—

— North — — — —

44

—

— — — — West Street

25

—

— South — — — —

19

—

In St. Nicholas Street

22

—

— Newbury

6

—

— the South side of Franchis Street

8

—

241

—

- -

Streets.

106

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

Pitt, Russell.

J. Pitt the elder possesses four properties, " Lord Russell's heires," three.
The highest rent seems to be 5s., the lowest Id., total £12 3s. Od.
Survey of M.R. Do., do., iu Melcombe Regis, Aug. 6, 1617. This is a much fuller return

than the W. one, giving boundaries and other particulars, the W. list giving only
owners' or tenants 1 names.

Burgages.

Streets.

Surnames.

M.R.
Topography.

In the South

part

of St.. Edmund Street

10 j

properties.

—

North

—

— — —

14

—

—

West Street

7

—

—

—

part

of St. Nicholas Street

12

—

—

East

—

— — —

2

—

—

West

—

St. Thomas —

24

—

—

East

—

— — —

25

—

—

West

—

St. Mary —

30

—

—

East

—

— — —

35

—

—

West

—

Maiden —

4

—

—

East

—

— —

25

—

—

—

of New Street

19

—

In Ea

st Street

10

—

217

—

The highest rent seems to be £2, the lowest Id., total £18 6s. 4d. Among
the names are Powlett, Sir J. Browne, Bond, Michell, Martin, Frampton, and
Churchill. As to topography in 1617, we find that the site of the Custom House
adjoining the Guildhall was, in whole or in part, a yard belonging to the latter. The
Bridge stood on its present site, or close to it. The haven, even above the Bridge,
was called the "Sea." There must have been inlets of the Backwater not now
existing, for a burgage in West Street, Melcombe, and one in St. Thomas Street,
were bounded both N. and W. by the sea. In the W. part of St Nicholas Street
was Sir J. Browne's house and garden, bounded on the N. by a lane called Cuniger
Ditch (now Bond Street), and on the W. by the sea. In St Mary Street, adjoining
the Town-hall were the " Long Seller," bounded on the N. by the Town-hall Yard,
and a " a Roome built over the walke now the Custom House." It was let for
£1 7s. 8d. There was only one tenement (that of J. Pitt the elder), between St.
Edmund Street and the Church, on the E. side of St Mary Street The Church and
Churchyard were bounded on the S. by that tenement and J. Holliday's. So
Church Passage did not then exist. North of the Church on the same side
were three or four tenements, and then " a lane," which must be St Alban's

1 This was rebuilt immediately after this date, it seems. See iv. 42.

3 In 1883 the last surviving portion of this house was destroyed, to the great
lovers of antiquities and of the picturesque.

Of all

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 107

Street Blockhouse Lane is mentioned. In the E. side of Maiden Street there

is a tenement on the quay, a plot of ground and a cellar, and then " a Lane,"

which must be Hell (now Helen) Lane. Then " B. Michell his dwelling howse

bounded in the S. on the Lane ... in theaste p te on a tenera* of Gyles Greene

called Hell . . ." In the survey of East Street it is again mentioned, viz., "a

tenem* called Hell bounded in the E. on the Lane towards the Sea, in the S. on a Hell, a house bo

Lane called Hell . . ." Its owner is described in the rental as " geutleman,"

and he was a town councillor and at one time ] M.P. The town rent of this tenement

with the ghastly name was l£d. C. pp. 55 — 66.

Any Alderman, or Capital Burgess, summoned to assist the Mayor in public IV. 42. Orders,

business in the Guildhall on either side, and not attending, shall be fined 3s. 4d. and Oct. and Nov.,
12d. respectively. P. 1. (Five Capital Burgesses sign by their marks.) Oct. 9, 1617. EnSisn.

Orders of the same date (p. 2) about enrolling all Freemen and Tradesmen, etc., W. and M. R.

A rwtufj

also as to decision respecting the confirming and entering, or the contrary, of Aldermen etc.

Constitutions of the Borough. Then an order about the two great Vols. See iv. 41. The Oreat

Next must be noted (p. 3) an Agreement between the Mayor, etc., of the one part,

and T. Lovelis, of the other part, for the erection of a house abutting on the W. end Addition to

of M. R. Town-hall. It would seem to have been of timber, with overhanging

upper story, "in bredth by the ground 9 foote, and a loft 11 foote westward." It

was to have " oves of the lynag of the Bouchers Shamells upon five turned Pillers

of 12 inches square, with 5 windowes each of 3 lights [on the W.], and 1 window

towards the N, of the whole breadth." The "lower loft of good deale boords

and the upper lofte of 2-inch planke." To cost £15 10s. Od. Nov. 3, 1617. On

admission to the Freedom of the Borough (p. 3) £5 was to be paid. Nov. 10, 1617.

An Apprentice had to give 12d. each, to the Mayor and Town Clerk, and to the Feeg

Bailiffs, 6d. each, and 3s. 4d. for his freedom (p. 4). Nov. 10, 1617. From Orders

(pp. 5 — 7) it would seem, among other things, that the value of "graines" for Grains wasted.

cattle feeding was unknown ; for brewers are forbidden to throw them into the

street Nov. 14, 1617. There was to be an " Assembly " of Mayor, etc., at M. R.

Guildhall, every Friday, at eight a.m., with fines for absence as above (p. 8).

Nov. 14, 1617. C. p. 1—8.

Warrant to the Serjeants at Mace to fo rbid the euclosure of "Clarke Hill pcell IV. 43. War-
of Melcombe Comon." Four workmen, of Radipole, were accordingly forbidden " to I6r718.

dike any farther." Dec. 1, 1617. English. M.R>

M. R. Common*

1 See iv. 56.

8 There are a number of " Inrolementes " of Apprentices' Indentures in C. pp. 26—33, from
May 22, 1618, to Aug. 10, 1641 ; and the Corporation have some parchment Indentures
of Apprentices.

P*

108

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

Warrant to the Serjeants at Mace to warn T. Powlett, Gent, to throw open
his enclosure on Clarke Hill, and not to carry any corn thence ; which warrant was
served on Mr. P. Aug. 19, 1618. C. pp. 11 & 41.

(He seems to have held his ground, for on Sept 30, 1622, four women were
imprisoned for taking away gates from " the Comon of M. R. w * 1 Mr. T. Powlett
holdeth." B. p. 261.)

IV. 44. List
and Orders.

1617, 18.

English.
W. and M. R.

Freemen.

County
Surnames.

Beadle.

Clock and Bell.

Watch.

Pp. 14, 15. List of Freemen of the Borough. Nov. 10, 1617, ete.
The Mayor, 2 Bailiffs, 9 Aldermen, 24 Capital Burgesses, by Charter 36
Freemen, " by Patrimonye " 13

— — Service 11

— — Fine 24

84

Of these, seven were admitted some years later.

Then in pp. 16, 17, thirty-one more Freemen are recorded down to March 12,
1639 (40). Several were "ex gratia," being of county families, as, Freke of Ewerne
Courtney, Strangwayes of Abbotsbury, etc., Sir G. Moreton, Sir G. Horsey of
Melcombe Horsey. Gyles S., Esq., the last of the list, "freely gave £5 to the use of
the poorc." At P. 213 is a further list of Freemen, admitted down to Oct. 24, 1662.

P. 14. A " beedle " is to be appointed for punishing Rogues, etc., Dec, 12,
1617. P. 18. Rob. Stone, Radipole Parish Clerk, is to have 40s. per annum for
" Kepinge of the Clocke " all the year, and for ringing the bell at eight p.m. and
four a.m. from Mich 8 to Easter. Jan. 9, 1617 (8). P. 19. Four or more watchmen
are to be on duty each night. Every householder is to act as Watchman in turn,
or provide a deputy, under penalty of 8d. Jan. 16, 1617 (8). C. pp. 14 to 19.

IV. 45. Bene-
factions.

Mar. 4, 1617(8).
English.

W. and M. R.
Benefactions.

Records of Benefactions.

Sir T. Middleton, £10. Interest to be spent on wood and coal. M"*
Rosamond Payne also left money for the poor (See iv. 37 a ). Mr. Rob. Middleton,
of London, whose wife was born at W., left £100, to be lent in sums of £25, at five
per cent, per annum, to young merchants or others. The four first " lente " took
place on Oct. 4, 1616. C. pp. 20, 21.

IV. 46. Agree- T. Lovelis agrees to set up along the N. side of M.R, Town-hall, six turned

me { 1 ( Tj 8 e c * pillars " ^uuswereables " to those on the W. side (See iv. 42), and joist and plank

Eng. W.&M.R. the same ; all for the slates and other materials of the old Penthouse now to be

Slates.

Addition to removed, and his 2 Freedom gratis. This new erection seems to have been simply a
M. R. Hall.

1 An example of the pluralizing of Adjectives in English, to which attention has been called

of late.

2 He received it (p. 40) on Aug. 7, 1618.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 109

roof over the footway. There is a marginal note " for the walk." The date given is

Feb. 6, 1617 (8).

Inventory and Valuation of " Deodand Goods " of J. Dry, a suicide. They Deodand goods.

amount to less thau 14s., including " one mattres of Sedge 4d.," and " one Amery "

(Awmry or cupboard?) Is. 6d. March 4, 1617 (8). C. p. 23.

Titles to laud in " Hope " are to be produced. (They seem to have proved *y- 47- Order.

1 void in law, but each supposed owner received 30s. " in respect of their neede and English. W.

necessities P. 82. Aug. 2, 1622.) This Order mentions "the High Street, in JE l $"\

° 7 i o » remained.

Hope eastward to the Looking Place in Wyke Manor." July 3, 1618. C. p. 39. High Street in

Hope.

"Whereas the bearer hereof, William Parker, is to make his repaire to IV. 48. War-

rant

Plymouth and elswhere aboute his Ma te affaires Theis are to pray and require all Q ct 3 j 61 g

those whome it doth concerne to furnish both thither and backe againe w th one able English.

, ~ . , * , „ , , W. and M. R.

and sufficient post-horse and guide att the rates usuall and accustomed, whereof you Warrant for

are not to fayle. And for yo r soe doinge this shall be yo r warrant From Charinge post-horses.
Crosse the third of October, 1618. To all Justices, Mayors, etc. Thomas Lake."

B. p. 140.

As wheels with " iron Stirts or Dowles " damage the bridge and streets oven IV. 49. Order.

more than iron-bound wheels do, 4d. is to be levied on each cart or wain running on En c ' w'&M R

the same, and traversing the bridge or streets (each passage ]) C. p. 44. Iron-bound

Wheels.

* Grant to H. Russell of ground " without the Cuniger," West of the highway iv. 50. Grant,
towards the " 2 Narrowe Cont " (or Cout), for a windmill. C. p. 51. w w.'&MR

Windmill!

The Mayor is to entertain such lords and their followers as shall come " to IV. 51. Order.

view the 3 Quarr of Portland." C. p. 68. Engf W.'&M.R.

Quarry of
Portland.

A Pound is to be made near Melcombe Blockhouse. Each porter is to give IV. 52. Orders.

yearly to the Mayor, " upon S* Thomas Day before Christide " a fat capon or 18d. 0ct ' \g^ nd 27,

C. pp. 70, 71. Eng- W.&M.R.
rr ' Pound.

Christide.

Mr. W. Mounsell is dismissed from being a " Capital Burgess," for causes IV. 53. Orders,
"best knowne unto this Assembly." Aug. 10. The Mayor is to write to Nov'.', 1621.
"Mr. Mayor of Exceter" to ask what "they of K intend to doe touching Eng. W.&M.R.

1 Possibly from the Feoffments being granted by the Manor Bailiffs only. See ii 63 ; iv. 12a.

1 Probably the " Narrows," where Victoria Terrace now stands.

1 Has this anything to do with the building of the Banqueting House, Whitehall ?

1 1 q CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

Sir. F. Gorges. 1 S r ffardinando Gorges piect about the plantacon and ffyshinge att New England."

Oct. 22.
License to a " John Caresine (1), Frenchman, of late an elder of the Church at 2 Newhaven,

tent* Refugee, cominge over into England upon the broyles in ffrance," and who has brought with

him cloth and stockings, may open a shop during the pleasure of the Corporation.
Oct. 26.
Giles Greene. Mr. Giles Greene is to proceed against the Sheriff's bailiffs who "did break

the Libtie of this Towne." Nov. 2. C. pp. 72, 3, 4.

IV. 54. List. Alphabetical Rental of M. R. There seem to be about one hundred and

English M. R. twenty ren ^ payers. The Custom House and two plots on Friary land are entered

Rental. without names of owners or occupiers. C. p. 76, 7.

IV. 55. Orders. The East part of the Town-hall is to be finished. March 15, 1621 (2).

En^W.&M.k Flax is t0 be bou 8 nt with ^ 20 of the " poorestock." in order " to sett the

M. R. poore on worck." March 29.

Town-hall. _ _ _ _ _ __ _

Four Overseers of Poor are appointed. May 3.

Work for the A scheme for buying a house " for the settinge of the poore at worcke," for

' hiring a woman to keep the poor children at work, and for apprenticing or employing

them. May 9, 1623. (P. 93. Twenty frames for "ynckle" making were to be

got, and Benj. White's wife to be mistress. Dec. 12, 1623.)

Beer 10s. per Brewers are to charge not more than 10s. per hogshead for any beer.

hogshead. Jan 20> 1622 (3) c pp SQf ls ^

IV. 56. Orders. Cart-horses and "other horses and horsebeasts" are not to eat their hay nor to

Eng. W.&M.R. ^e tied U P m the streets. March 11. Only one Burgess shall be sent to Parliament.

mp 06 to April 19. But this was not carried out, for it was ordered that the four Burgesses

vtXm fro. ^^

.Strangwayes, shall have 2s. 6d. a day. Sir J. Strangwayes, A. Pyne, Esq., Alderman Barnard
^ener^MPs! Michell and Giles Greene, Gent, were chosen. Jan. 20, 1625 (6). C. pp. 100, 104.

IV. 57. Letters Copy of Letter, dated July 10, from the Privy Council to the 3 Earl of Suffolk.

and Aug! 26 ' ^he King, navm g cause to expect an invasion from Spain and Flanders, and having

1626. a « g 00 d fleete of shippes " wherewith to attack the euemy, another to guard the

Eng. W.&M.R. 1111 • j » j i_ u t_

Earl of Suffolk, coasts and narrow seas, further thinks it needful that the trained bands should be

1 Sir Ferdinando Gorges, ob. 1647, was son of E. Gorges, Esq., of Bradpole, etc. (See iv. 37),

and Sir F.'s son, Rob. Gorges, Esq., was Governor of New England in 1623. — Hutchina,
iii. 342.

2 Perhaps Havre de Grace, then a somewhat new haven.

3 This Earl of Suffolk was son of T. Howarde, Esq., afterwards Lord Howarde of Walden

and Earl of Suffolk, and builder of Lulworth Castle, also of Audley End. Hence his
connection with the Militia of Dorset and also the Eastern Counties.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. m

drilled, " aparte firste, then by degrees in ffoyles, Squadrons, whole Companies and Militia to be

regim te ." Care must be taken that officers and men are not only "able and

sufficient . . . but also well affected in religion." Besides the trained bands,

all men from sixteen to sixty are to be enrolled, exercised and armed as well as may

be; arms sequestered from recusants to be so used. For every one thousand

soldiers there are to be one hundred pioneers, also carts, and " a convenient number

of nagges to mount ^hotte on," for speedy conveyance on an emergency. The Mounted

aoldiers are to have knapsacks. The Earl of Suffolk's district is to be Cambridge- lnfantr y-

shire, Suffolk and Dorset. Signed by Lords Mandeville, Pembroke, etc. Lords Mande-

This is followed by a letter with the apparently autograph signature of Pembroke.
"Theo. Suffolke," from " 2 Audliend, July 16, 1626," to H. Hastings, Esq., Sir E. of Suffolk,
T. Freke, Sir J. Browne and Sir Nath. Napper, Deputy Lieuts., requiring them to F Hastings,
carry out the above order. At foot is a mem m of ammunition required in his Napper.

district.

Powder. Match. Lead.

Ammunition.

Powder.

Match.

Lead.

Cambridge

32£ 3 Lasts.

2 \ Tons.

2£ Tous.

Ipswich

5 „

1 „

5 „

W. and M. R.

H „

n „

2i „

Poole and Lyme, the same. This letter was ten days on its way.

Copy of Order from the Privy Council to the Earl of Suffolk, to the Deputy
Lieuts., to Sir Anth. 4 Ashley [Vice-Admiral f] and to others, including the Mayor of Ashley.
W. and M. R., saying that about one thousand soldiers from Devon and Cornwall Devon & Corn-
are to be quartered in Dorset. The men are to be under " m r shall lawe," and to itered^*
be billeted at from 3s. a week for a private, to 7s. for a lieutenant. The regiments Dorset.

A.llomraiic6 for

for Dorset, Hants, Sussex and Kent are named ; those of the " Seriante Maior," the billeting.
Earl of Essex and Col. Brace were appointed for Dorset S. 217, 218.

On the same subject. From Sir T. Freke to Mr. Mayor Russell, asking him IV. 58. Letters
to meet himself and other Commissioners at Dorchester on " Saterdy," about Se^fao 1626

billeting the Devon and Cornwall Soldiers. Eng. W.&M.R,

Freke, Russell,

From Sir J. Browne, Sir T. Freke and Sir Ric. Strode, to the Mayor, saying Browne, Strode.

that the Lieut, and Ensign of Sir T. Yorke, quartered at W. and " lyeinge att a MUitia g

comon Inn doe finde it very chargeable." The Knights ask that, as in other counties,

the Mayor will advance to the Lieut. 20s. a week, and to the Ensign 13s. a week,

on security of their pay. From Dorchester. S. 222, 219.

1 Soldiers, marksmen, as now "a good shot." So Falstaff, in King Henry IV., Part 2, "O
giue me al waves a little, leane, old, chopt, bald Shot." The invention of Mounted
Infantry is, after all, a very old idea.

3 Audley End. Part of this majestic house remains, and is the seat of the Earl of Braybrooke.

For Hastings, etc. See note, vi. 87.
1 A Last = twelve Barrels.

4 Doubtless of the Shaftesbury family.

1 1 2 CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

IV. 59. Orders. Persons billeting soldiers are to have 3s. 6d. per week per man. Oct. 10,

1626,1627. . Ma
Eng. W.&M.R. 1626.

»f « Ie p^" The shop under the new building at the Town-hall is to be made a prison.

Nov. 3.

Order for defending any action brought against townsmen for coming and
going on the "ground att the Northe." April 2, 1627.
Rasbley a fuller j. Rashley is admitted to exercise the trade of a Fuller. Nov. 16, 1627.

C. pp. 106, 7, 8.

IV. 60. Order. Whoever lodges strangers, without giving security that they shall not be

Aug. 29, 1628. ° & ° J J

Eng. W.&M.R. chargeable to the Town, shall forfeit £20. C. p. 109.

Precaution
against paupers.

IV. 61. Memo- Ric. King, Esq., was chosen Recorder, in the place of Hugh Pyne, Esq.,

Fe^f^and deceased. (After 1628 the Mayor, etc., for many years gave up the old custom of

April 17, 1629. all signing the Minutes). From various entries, here and elsewhere, tradesmen not
Eng. W.&M.R.
Ric. King, being freemen seem to have paid very unequally for leave to exercise their trades.

^eesfor ^ ne ta ^ or P avs ^ 8 -> another los. They are not to take apprentices except from the

Freedom. town. C. p. 112.

Apprentices.

IV. 62. Order. " A difference " having arisen between Widow Lock and her servant Joane

° English ' Parmiter, whom the widow " had unreasonably beaten," Joane was allowed to " depte

W. and M. R. f rom m^ ou t of her said dame's service." C. p. 114.

Difference. %

IV. 63. Memo- Mr. J. Small, Town Clerk, having died, was succeeded by Mr. Francis Gape,

r ati Ha

1630 1631. whose entries are less formal and methodical than his predecessor's. The latter, it

English. mav De noted, always used the strange spelling " Guihald," but Mr. Gape writes

Fr. Gape, Town " Guildhall." Dec. 30, 1630. Widow Small, as long as she lives in the town, is to

clcrk " have £5 a year. Jan. 7, 1630 (1). C. pp. 115, 16.

IV. 64. Memo- Mem m of entry by the Mayor, etc., on land in High Street, W., forfeited

randum. _

April 3, 1631. through being left waste and unused. (It was relinquished to Widow Serry.

£& taSSS: p - m Dec - 16 > 1631 >- c - p- 117 -

IV. 65. Certi- The Constable, etc., of Trinity Parish, Jersey, certify that Abraham and

n Ccite.
May 27, 1633. Joanne Coutance are fit persons to keep a tavern. Dated, St. Helters. Several

* renege clT*^ c l uamt signatures, including two Carterets and two Dumaresques. S. 231.

Certificate.
IV. 66. Memo- Mr. H. Waltham to be Captain of " Trayned Souldyers " of M. R., in place

Aug. 9 1633. °f ^ r * T. Giear, resigning through age ; J. Cade, Lieut, and Owen Hollman,

English! M.li. lAntient. C. p. 122.

Militia. *

1 That is Ensign.

CLASS IV. -GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 113

Order for a new Pillory and Clicking Stool : also two dozen leather buckets IV. 67. Order.
1 , 1 . t 1 * r, Oct. 9, 1634.

to be bought in London. (J. p. 144. E ng w.&M.R.

Pillory.Cucking
Stool, Buckets.

Refuse is to be laid, not in the Streets, but on " the strond in the E. side of IV. 68. Orders.

M. R. from the Jettye upwards unto the Bulworke there, and Newberry in W." ' ^35

Enj?. W.&M.R.
wark,Je
on-bour
wheels.

A loug Order (which had to be repeated later) against the use in the streets £| n H- / T A
of carts with 1 wheels either iron-bound, or with iron dowels or studs, to the damage Iron-bound
of paving and gutters. C. pp. 149, 150.

"TafFata" is to be bought in London for two Ensigns for the Corporation. IV. 69. Orders.

A pavior is to be employed to repair the street-gutters, many being "in 16, and Oct. 14,

decay and noyaome." (The gutter seems to have then been, as often much later, in F 16 ? 6 u

the middle of the street, and it appears that each householder had to pave from his W. and M. R.

house to the gutter — " home to the gutters." — P. 167. Nov. 8, 1639.) pTvfni?.

Every man " of ability of body " shall (in turn ?) personally " warde in the Quarantine.
da} T time during this tyme of Infection, except the Mayor, Baylifs and Alden."

C. pp. 153, 155.

A salute of three guns is to be fired at the coming and departure of the IV. 70. Orders.
Right Hon. " Theophilus Erie of Suffolke." See iv. 57, and note. Mr. H. Michell, q^ '2, 1637.

Mayor Elect, not having come to be sworn in, is fined £10, and £100 more if he does ^^"Sl^h.
J ' ° W. and M. R.

not take the oath " by Allhollontyde." (Nevertheless he delayed till Dec.) E. of Suffolk.

C. pp. 158, 159. Fi -£ r the

" The 2 roofe over the walke, the Custom house and the Jury Chamber shall IV. 71. Order,

etc

be layed with Brickes and covered wifti planter of Paris/' by Howsley of Portland, g ept an( j Q ct
at 2s. 2d. a day. Sept. 25, 1640. (All to be roofed with lead, by Gayland of \v*m r

Dorchester. Oct. 8, 1641.) M.R. Town-hall
Ric. Rogers, of Bryanstoue, Esq., was made a Freeman - Sept. 29, 1640. Rogers,

3 Gerard Napper, of More Critchell, Esq. - - - Oct. 16, 1640. ^r^men^'

Sir Walter Erie, Knight Oct. 22, 1640.

C. pp. 169, 170.

Mr. Ric. Mayer was elected Town Clerk, in place of Mr. Fr. Gape^ " amoved." IV. 72. Memo-

r&nda
(The latter however was reinstated. P. 176. Aug. 17, 1643. Nevertheless, from Nov. 8, 1642.

the change of handwriting, Oct. 18, 1644, Gape seems not to have held office for ^j°8- W.&M.R.

Clerk.
1 From the repeated edicts against iron-tired or studded wheels, they would seem to have
been somewhat of an innovation in the seventeenth century. Perhaps the solid, wooden
wheels still used for stone-carts in Portland, may resemble the iron-less ones which the
Corporation appear to have favoured.

* This is a little obscure.

s The two last were M. Ps. for the Borough.

Q

114 CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

more than a year after his restoration, during which there are no entries. The new

Scovile, Town Town Clerk, after this, was Mr. Ric. Scovile. P. 196.) C. p. 175.

Clerk. IV

IV. 73. Order. Every Wednesday and Saturday R. Hawkins and W. Winter, with " their

Jan 29 1644(5)

Eng. W.&M.R. horses and pots" (carts) are to remove refuse from the streets to appointed places.

Scavengers. Wages, «£8 a year for the two. Lighters also were used for carriage of refuse.

C. p. 178.

IV. 74. Memo- Mr. J. Bond was elected Recorder in place of Mr. King, deceased. Oct 18,

Oct. and' Nov. 1645. (Dr. J. Bond took the oath of Recorder and of Supremacy (p. 191). Sept.

' 1645. ,. ' 21, 1G46.)
Latin & English

W. and M. R. A Warrant from J. Fitzjames, Esq., Sheriff of Dorset (" Johes ffitz James de

Bond, Recorder ]q Wegtony ^^ lyicecomes Corn 1 pdi ") setting forth that by decision (" judicio")

Napper, King, of the House of Commons, Gerard Napper and Ric. King, Esqs., are rendered

dismTased Trom incapable of sitting in Parliament (" sedendi . . . incapaces ") and that two other

Parliament. members must be elected. And the same about Sir J. Strangways. Nov. 1, 1645.

Their incapacity doubtless arose from their being Royalists ; for one of those now

Sydenham, elected was Col. Sydenham, " Governor of the Garrison " for the Parliament The

elected M Ps otners were ^ r - Recorder Bond, and Mr. Alderman Matt. Allin. All to serve gratis.

Nov. 3, 1G45. C. pp. 183, 4.

IV. 75. Order, On Saturday afternoons, at the " Toleing of the Hall Bell," everyone is to
etc

Mar. 20 and clean the atreet and gutter before his door " by raking them with Colerakes and

June 19, 1646- washing them with water," and carrying refuse away to appointed places.
Eng. W . & M . R.

General street " Lieuten* Peter Peeke, Clothworker," was admitted Freeman to that trade

C Peeke^ *° r ^ 8> Alex. Clatworthy, a native of the town and descended from "auncient

Clatworthy, Townsmen," was therefore admitted Freeman for £1, instead of £5.

Freemen.

C. pp. 187, 8.

IV. 76. Con- Copy Indenture between J. Graunt, of Ower Moyne, Tailor, and Mary his

IcJo^etc w ^ e » °^ tne one P art » an( * Adam Jones, of Hoi worth, within the Parish of Milton

English. Abbas, Yeoman, of the other part This is a "feoffment" to the latter of a messuage, *
Ower Moyne. . __ ,„,/»

Hoi worth. etc., in Ower Moyne. April 20, 1646.

^)we f r Mo n J° r Cop 7 Release from J - and M - G - to A - J - in relation to the above. Feb. 20,

*en oyne. ^^

Ower Moyne Copy Indenture between A. J., of the one part, and Rodolph Gough, of Owef

rname8 ' Moyne, Clerk, E. James, Philip Parmiter, J. Battwick and Rob. Meech the younger,

all of Ower Moyne, Yeomen, of the other part, conveying to them the above

1 Viscount = Sheriff. — Cowell. a. v.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. X 1 5

property l for the poor of that Parish. July 20, 1652. (It may be noted that in
this document, of Puritan times, a certain rent is made payable at " the ffeast of
St. Michael Tharkangell and the Annunciation of the Blessed Lady St. Mary the
Virgin.")

Mem m The above deeds were inscribed in this book at the request of the
Parishiouers of Ower Moyne. Signed Ben. Gaith, inaior. R. Scovil, Towneclerk. Gaith, Scovil,
Rob. Mondy, Jos. Dornford, Slants at Mace. B. pp. 12 — 17. Durnford.

Mr. J. Knight, of Yetminster, was authorized as the only teacher of Latin iu IV. 77. Memo-

r&xids.

the town. (Four pounds a year were allowed to him for rent. Jan. 27, 1646 (7).) j) ec 29 1646

S. 245, pp. 105, 107. Eng- W.4M.R."

Knight, Latin
Master.

Do. This was a compromise. He had asked leave to set up a Grammar IV. 78. Memo-
School, which was refused. C. p. 193. j) ec 29 1646

Eng. W.&M.r!

Rob. Coker, Esq., late Sheriff, and late Governor of this town, and Col. IV. 79. Merao-
Jas. Heane, Governor, were admitted Freemen " ex gratia." Jan. 20. 164^

Order for a return of all "martiall officers and souldiers " and other Eng. W.&M.R.

(Joker, Heane,

non freemen, using any trade in the town. Aug. 25. C. pp. 204, 215. Freemen.

" A Protestacou by di\ ; s Townsmen against Malignants in Office ; " against IV. 80. Pro-

tests etc
Mr. G. Churchey, Mr. Jas. Giear, Mr. Ph. Bugden and Mr. J. Hodder as " exempted " 1 648,' 1649.

by Parliament from voting in any " Corporall townes." The names are not given w Eng J isl1 *

w . ami jyi . xV/a

here, but they are in S. 245, a rough minute book, 1644 — 9, from which part of
Vol. C. was copied. " Mathewcs Day." Sept. 21.

"Another Protestacon . . ." Parliament had forbidden all who had Churchey,
been in arms for the King from holding, or voting about, any office. Alderman Rose, etc., '
Rose had been Serjt., and Gabr. Cornish, Master of Ordnance, when this town was com J^ ain 1 e - d t ? f
garrisoned against the Pari 1 . G. Churchey had aided the Royalists and was " daily
sequestrable." The last two had voted for the first. Sept 21. (G. Cornish resigned
his seat in the Town Council. Nov. 3.)

" An auncient booke of Records " was brought to the Corporation by Mr. Jtook of
G. Churchey. It had been in the hands of his brother [in law], Mr. Fr. Gape, late
Town Clerk. Sept. 29, 1648.

1 This seems to be the only benefaction in Ower Moyne. In 1830 it consisted of a cottage
made into two tenements, a garden, nine rvcres arable, three acres meadow, six acres in
the common, and nine acres in the heath. Three acres were sold to pay for enclosing. —
Hutchins (1861), i. 461. The house a* E. Holworth -is old, and so is the back wing of
that at W. Holworth, visible from the Esplanade. It is still part of the Paribh of Milton
Abbas.

Records.

H 6 CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

Resignation. Resignation, in writing, of the Royalist Aldermen, etc., G. Churchey,

Jus. Giear, H. Rose, Ric. Harrison, J. Hodder and Alex. Clatworthy. Jan. 19,
1648 (9). (These, with Fabian Hodder, were restored and their successors removed.
Oct. 13, 1662.) C. pp. 216, 217, 221.

IV. 8i. Depo- Benj. Hanhani, Gent., deposes voluntarily that his late mother, the Lady Mary

sition etc.
1048,'etc. Hastings, life tenant of the Farm of Radipole, declared to him that the disputed

^f} 18 ^ M " **" * an( * " ^ rom a ^ out ^imswell unto the gate Northward, comonly called the
Hastings. Bulwarkes, which lands are knowne by the name of the Coihon belonging to the

r^iilvt'ark.8

Tems Well. 8{i ^ Towne," belonged to the Towu as she verily believed, and that the deponent
M.R. Common. ( ner heir) should not contend further about it, or "the poore of the said Towne
Curse feared, would curse the detayners." Dec. 7, 1648.

The " Com 160 of Dors 1 " said that they would not oppose the Town making

entry on the Common. Oct. 19, 1649. The Serjeants at Mace, Scholars, etc., made

Corn sown on entry and sowed one bushel and half a peck of wheat on the Common. Nov. 2, 1649.

i . . oniuiou. Q ne p ec k f barley was to be sown on the " barly ground " of the Common.

April 19, 1650. C. pp. 218, 229, 230.

IV. 82. Memo- Dr. J. Bond resigns the Recorders!) ip, and is succeeded by his half-brother,

r&nda
1649. Samuel Bond, of Dorchester, Esq., Barrister-at-law. April 23.

Eng. W.&M.R. j Browne, Esq., Mayor elect, was fined £100 for not coming to be sworn

Samuel Bond, 1 ' J 6

Recorder. in. Oct. 8. C. pp. 224, 229.

Mayor fined.

IV. 83. Depo- In a parchment-bound small folio vol., chiefly of Law Minutes (See iii. 109)

Oct. 7 and 12, are two curious entries at p. 9, reverse way from the end ; about M. R. bounds.

l^h^M R ^' ^ a ^' e igh*y~ two yews old, and H. Cox, eighty-three, say that seventy-four

Day, Cox. and fifty years ago, respectively, they joined in Ascension Day Procession round the

Boundaries of bounds of M. R. — from the town to the end of the Bulwarks, to an " old elderne

Bulwark8° U etc! stu bb" at 2 Washford — thence to " Rodipoll Way," where was another bound " called

a Blackrocke " — thence towards Sutton to another bound, a great white stone yet

standing between Sutton aud M. R. — thence back to " Blacklands Yeate," and so to

Laurence. the town again. Further, Elizabeth says, that Mr. 4 Laureuce, Minister of Radipole,

Perambulation with his parishioners, used to go round their bounds on the same day ; and at a

o lac lpo e. p 0un( j on the bounds (" in the place of which pound a dairy house was sithence

builded "), ho read a chapter and " alsoe a psalme there to be sung." After this the
perambulation was continued, the villagers on the West side of some rails then

1 Terns Well at the Greenhill. See iii. 57.

3 A spot on the Backwater still so called. ^

3 The high bank near Hanover Terrace, to the north.

4 See vii. 8.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. \ \ 7

standing, and the townsmen on the East side. The land called the Common then
belonged to the Town, and the townsmen sent their cattle there, about sixty head, Cattle on the
under a x hayward. (Here and in iv. 81, the Bulwarks seem to be spoken of as works Hayward.
of some extent.) S. 245. p. 9 a .

Rent of Town land, at the North end, was remitted, because a fort for the IV. 84. Memo-
use of the State was erected there. * C. p. 235. g ep t. 28, 1650.

Eng.W.&M.R.'

Fort.

A Scavenger is to be hired and a horse and " pott " provided to carry M. R. IV. 85. Order.

refuse to " the 2 void place by the Jutty," whither also refuse from W. is to be English.

brought by boat. (He was also to cart sand thither. Dec. 12, 1651.) C. p. 236. w - andM - R -
J x » / r Scavenger.

J. Smith is to have a ninety-nine years' lease of Mawd Welman's house, if he IV. 86. Order.

resigns his rooms in the Friary for a School-house. C. p. 240. Eng. W.&M.R.

School-house.

The " Trustees for sale of Fee Farme Rents " give notice that as that of IV. 87. Memo-
M. R., 20s. per annum, has been sold to J. Dewye, all payments are to be made to A651 16 5 2

him. Dec. 16, 1651. Eng. W.&M.R.

Fee Farm Rent
Ric. Brown well may use his trade of Barber Surgeon for a fine of 20s., and he sold.

is to take every second apprentice from the town. Feb. 20, 1651 (2). C. p. 243. Apprentices

Declaration by Mr. Mayor Pley that J. Han well and T. Vey have deposed IV. 88. Declar-
that, from 1588 and about 1610 respectively, they kept sheep by day and night and Aug. 31, 1652.

all the year on West Lulworth Down, now claimed by Winfrith Newburgh Parish, w English.

J ' J to ' West Lulworth.

except inasmuch as the Lulworth people have a " 3 slight " within this down, for their Pley, Han well,
cattle to feed up to eleven a.m. T. Vey also deposes that often " after he was of w Lulworth
remembrance hee went on procession as the custome then was with the minister and Winfrith.
parishioners ... to take view of the boundaries of the said parish," going to Parish bounds.
4 Blacklande Yeate, a white thorn at Hemerhill Foot, Mildowris Barrow, thence along
a ridge (mentioned by both H. and V. as the boundary between W. Lulworth Down
and Winfrith Down) to Furzeymire Pitt, " where they had usuall Beere and
Cake-bread." C. p. 232.

Mr. Sam. Osborne, "the Town Agent," is to have £10, besides charges, for IV. 89. Orders.
" soliciting the Cofnon busines." Dennis Bond, J. Browne, J. Trenchard, Esqs., and English. M. R*

Col. W. Sydenham. M.Ps., are to be Trustees of the Common for the Town, as >0 ^*!S es *

•^ M.R. Common.

ordered by Parliament. April 22, 1653. Bond, Browne,

Trenchard ^Syd-
enham, M.Ps.,
1 This office exists, or up to late years existed, at Fordington, under the Duchy of Cornwall, to be Trustees.

* The site of Alexandra Gardens, probably.

3 It may be noted that the farm at or near the place in question is called Slight now.

4 It is odd that there should have been a " Blac kland Gate " in the boundaries of both M. R.

and W. Lulworth.

1 1 8 CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

Fee. T. Holland is to have 40s. for measuring Melcombe Common and making " a

Acreage of plott of the same." There were one hundred and seventy-two acres, twenty-three
Common.

^goades East of " Darchester way," and fifty-four acres, fifty-five goades West

thereof. Aug. 5, 1653. The Common was let at 50s. per annum. Sept 30, 1653,

Boundaries. a t 24s. three years later, when the boundaries are, Eastward to "the Sluce leading

to Sutton," Westward as far " as is the Townes right," and Northward to the ditch ,

by the highway side. The farmer of Radipole coutinued to interfere with the

Common. May 16, 1656. C. pp. 247, 259.

IV. 90. Memo- p a id to Mr. Mayor £12 "of Mr. G. Phippen's Clerke his quist money," £8

randuro.
Jan. 20,1653 (4) for M. R. poor, £4 for those of W., to be " lett out at Interest" C. p. 249.

Eng. W.&M.R.
benefaction.

IV. 91. Lease. " Indenture " between the Mayor, etc., of the one part, and Ric. Devenish,

Feb. 7, 1G53(4).

Eng. W.&M.R. Shoemaker, of the other part, being a Lease of a shop at W. side bridge foot, at 30s.

D Z™e h ' a ? ear ' Not 8i S ned > aud the Seal g° ne - s - 247 -

IV. 92. Memo- It may be noted that the trade of Parchment-maker existed in the Borough

Nov an i6?™'655. llt tl»s datc - C. p. 258.

Eng. W.&M.R.
I'archment-
maker.

IV. 93. Order. A Lease of certain land for one thousand years is to be granted to Nic. Miuol.

Eng. W.&M.R. The Town Wall towards the sea is mentioned. C. p. 258.

Town Wall.

IV. 94. Order. From a long Order about the old difficulty of cleaning the streets it seems

English. that there was more than one Market Place, that " the void ground by the Jutty

Mlrk^IMacfin fort " was sti11 being filled U P— aud that " the [ chief ? ] Market Place " exteuded from
St. Mary Street the " higher part of the Church " to the posts on the Town Quay in the chief street

Edmund Street, by the Custom House ; as far Westward as the Town Pump and Eastward to the

passage and entry into the Town-hall. C. p. 260.

IV. 95. Memo- The Beadle was to have 12d. "each time that hee doth execucon by whipping

ran da, etc. ,, ■

1658. °f an y person." Feb. 25, 1G57 (8).

E?S- )V\^ R ' The present White Hart is quite as old as 1658, but the sign would seem to

White Hart, have been moved. Mr. Mayor Waltham lived " over against the White Hart in St.

Thomas St." And he had a " sistenie " (presumably adjoining his premises) "in

the Backstreete called St. Nicholas St." Hence his house seems to have been on

the West side of St. Thomas Street, and the White Hart on the East side thereof.

July 23. Sept. 17, 1658. The Globe, St. Mary Street, is mentioned. Sept 17, 1658.

C. pp. 262, 63.

1 Goades = Perches doubtless.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. hq

Copy of a Precept from J. Strode, Esq., Sheriff, by authority of " his Highnes IV. 96. Pre-

cent etc
Richard Lord Protecto r ," for the election of four Burgesses. The House was to I65&,'l660.

"treate with the great men and nobles." Jan. 3, 1658 (9). J. Trenchard, Esq., ?ng. W.&M.R.

6 » v / > m > j strode, Esq.,

Col. Lago, Col. Clarke and Mr. Middleton were elected. Jan. 6, 1658 (9). Copy of Sheriff.
do., do., but by authority of " the Keepers of the Libtie of England." April 2, j^g^ Clarke

1660. General Mountague and Sir W. Pen were chosen for W., and Mr. P. Middleton Middleton,

L M Ps

and Mr. Alderman Waltham for M. R. April 9, 1660. Mr. S. Mico, Merchant, was Mountague,

a candidate. General Mountague was soon made a Peer and was succeeded by 1 Col. ton^Walth m

Bulleu Reynes. June 22, 1660. (The latter and Sir W. Pen were again elected, M.Ps.

with Sir J. Strange wayes and Winston Churchill, Esq. March 27, 1661.) Reynes, Penn,

C. pp. 264, 66. Strangewayes/

rr ' Churchill,

M.Ps.

As Mr. Knight, School-master, has declined to teach seven poor children IV. 97. Order.
gratis, as desired, his allowauce of £4 per annum is to cease from Lady Day. ^ntfiish

C. p. 272. W. and\LR.

School - master.

2 Humfry Weld, Esq., Deputy Lieut, of Dorset, was made a Freeman. IV. 98. Memo-

Sept. 19, 1661. C. p. 274. 8^1^61.

Eng. W.&M.R.
Weld, Freeman

Copy of Order by the Commissioners for governing Corporations, to restore IV. 99. Orders,

certain Royalist Aldermeu, etc. (See iv. 80.) Signed by R. Banks, Rob. 3 Culliford, ^ ^'^

J. Churchill, J. Turberville, with other Dorset names. Restoration of

Do., do. removing four Capital Burgesses and substituting others, including Banks, Culli-

Daniell Ardin, Goldsmith. C. pp. 281, 83. ^x^^^^

Ardin.

The first Copy, in this volume, of the form of Abjuration of the " Solemn IV. 100. Abju-

League and Covenant," with copy signatures of the Mayor, etc. (As far as has been g ept ,*» ^3

observed the name Sturt first appears on April 8, 1664.) C. p. 287. E °g- W.&M.R.

r Abjuration of

Covenant. Start
H. Jacob, son of C. J., of Dorchester, saying that he has served eight years IV. 101. Order.

with a Wine Cooper, but having no Indentures, may not live in the Borough, but ^English

may come thither " as heo hath occasion for the Curing of Wines." C. p. 292. W. and M. R.
J & r Jacob, Wine

1 He seems to have worked well for the Borough. See vi. 117.

* H. Weld, Esq., bought Lulworth Castle and Estates of James, third Earl of Suffolk, in

1641. He was second son, and heir, of Sir J. Weld of Arnolds, Edmonton, and grandson
of Sir Humphrey Weld of Holdwell, Herts., Sheriff of London, 1599, and Lord Mayor,
1609. The Welds were originally of Cheshire. — Hutchins.

* The meaning of " Culliford " Tree near W. has been a puzzle. If an original place-name the

termination " ford " is an odd one for a barrow on the top of a chalk hill. It has been
suggested that Culliford means "Culver," a wood-pigeon. Here, above, seems another
explanation, possibly. It may have been named after an ancient owner, or tenant, a Culli-
ford. Hutchins says that the Cullifords, of Encombe, were owners of S. Holworth, White
Nothe. But, again, the Liber Nonarum, temp. Edw, III., spells the word "Culfardestr."

Cooper.

120

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

IV. 102. Order.

1665.

English.

W. and M. R.

Quarantine

against the

Plague.

Durnford.

Hingston.

Threat by a
woman.

" In regard it hath pleased Almighty God lately to visit severall places of
this Kingdom with the Pestilence, To the end that this Towne through a gracious
pvidence may be ^served," two " able persons " are to watch for twenty-four hours
at the N. end of M. R., and two at the W. end of W. June 23, 1665. (Presumably
they were to exclude all coming from infected places, but this is not expressed, nor
is it clear how the rotation of watchers was to be maintained.)

Josias Durnford, Serjeant at Mace, deposes that on his telling the W. watcher,
from the Mayor, not to admit Thomazine Hingston " in this Tyme of Contagion,"
she, hearing this, said " that shee would come into Towne though the Major should
hang himselfe, and threatened that shee would have [Duruford's] eares." July 20,
1665. B. pp. 585, 87.

IV. 103. List. This seems to be a List of Officers of a Company of Foot to be one hundred

English. strong, from the whole Borough ; and a list of guns, viz., sir Demiculverins, five

WYt c Sakers, two Mynnyon ; also four Drums " w Lh y e drum maior " of Col. Fownes*

Regiment. C. p. 295.

IV. 104. Will.

Dec. 21, 1666.
English.

W. and M. R.
SirS. Mico's
Benefaction.

Extract from Sir S. Mico's Will, giving the George; the profits to be used for
apprenticing three children yearly ; and £500 to be laid out on land, from the
profits of which x 20s. are to be given yearly to a good divine for preaching a sermon
in M. R. Church, on the Friday before Palm Sunday ; and the rest to be given to
ten poor old seamen. Then follows a list of the first " penconers." C. p. 284.

IV. 105. Pre-
cept, etc.

1666 (7).

Latin & English

W. and M. R.

Browne,
Coventry,

Harvey.

Riotous

Election.

Youthful
Voters.

Latin Precept from J. Browne, Esq., Sheriff, for the election of a M.P.
2 Mem m that the Election began between eight and eleven a.m., on Frida} ? , Jan. 25.
Before two p.m. seventy-five votes had been given for Sir J. Coventry, and fifty-nine
for Michael Harvey, Esq. Votes were disputed on both sides, to be considered
afterwards. There being " a great noise and heate in y e hall," the Mayor adjourned
further proceedings to ten a.m., on Monday ; Mr. Harvey protesting. On Monday
Sir J.'s votes rose to one hundred and forty-three in all, Mr. H. " producing noe
Freeholders that day." So Sir J. was proclaimed Burgess in the hall, at the
" Firsh Stone " (Fish Stone ?), and at the Weymouth end of the Bridge. (After the
above) at a hall, Jan. 33, 1G66 (7), in reference to the above Precept, "a new and
uuknowne way of making freeholders " was considered. 3 lt was resolved that none
might vote but those who at Mich 8 Law-day last were known to be seized of a
freehold within the Borough, being above fourteen years old. Then follows a copy
of the Indenture certifying the Sheriff of the above Election, dated Jan. 25, 1666 (7),
although the Election was continued on Jan. 28. C. pp. 302, 3.

1 See vii. 46.

2 See a long and curious account of this Election in Ellis' History of Weymouth.

3 It seems extraordinary that the franchise could be regulated by a Town Council Order.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 121

The Pest-house is mentioned, but not its locality. June 12, 1668. The IV. 106. Orders,

etc.
Guard House at Clark's Hill, and the Women's Prison are mentioned. June 29, 1668. \qqs.

The firing of " Gunnes and Girding peeces " in the Town is forbidden, E ^^'* u : B f " R "

and so is the carrying of fire uncovered. Guard-house,

Clark's Hill
An Order from the Privy Council to cause all Mayors, etc., to take the Bridewell. '

prescribed oaths. Sept. 28, 1668. Birding piece*.

r Order about

Copy of a Letter from the Duke of Richmond about this, Nov. 6, 1668, and Municipal
answer, Nov. 11, 1668. C. pp. 308—316. 0ath8 '

At this period, and somewhat earlier and later, there were several orders IV. 107. Orders

allowing " turned pillars " to be set up before houses. Ric. Strong and Dan. Arding Eng. W.&M.BL

are, e.g., now permitted to do so, paying 4d. a year rent. The former is also to pave Pillar* before
" itt " (the walk within the line of posts) with " broad stone," the first mention of Paving,
such paving observed in these Records. C. p. 323.

J. Kimber, Porter, " to be bound to the good behaviour for abusing the IV. 108. Orders

major (Mayor Woder) to his face, saying he could have no justice, but dismissed." £ DJ . w.&M.R.

Jan. 5. Order that £7 7s. 3d. be paid to the delinquent for repair of his house (!) , Woder.

Jan. 12, 1671 (2). C. p. 337. U8e ° * "^

Nath L Bond, Esq., was chosen Recorder, ra place of his brother Samuel, IV. 109. Mem-
deceased. July 21, 1673. Mr. T. De la Court was chosen Town Clerk. Aug. 19, 1573. *
1673. C. pp. 343, 45. E v n ^ v * M ] L

rr J .Nathl. Bond,

Recorder.
De la Court,
Town Clerk.

The Bailiffs, Mr. Godfrey Righton and Mr. W. Mainard, had been refused IV. no. Mem-

their Certificates chiefly because, whereas the Act required them to have received jan^f^jH^)

the Communion on a Sunday, they had done so on Christmas Day. They were Eng- W.AM.R*

re-elected this day, and took the Oaths and Abjuration of the Covenant. C. p. 352. Test.

Righton,
Mainard.

Mr. J. Glover, of Dorchester, was elected Town Clerk in place of W. Claver, IV. izi. Mem-

whose election does not appear, there being a blank iu this Vol. from Sept 1675, to OT \fo!o

G.'s election, Jan. 20, 1679 (80). (P. 384. Mr. Glover haviug left his duties for Eng. W.&M.R.

Glover 'I own
weeks, and the Mayor, etc., being " uoe way certen " when he may return, he is Clerk.

removed, and Mr. H. Backway, Attorney, appointed. March 20, 1682 (3).) To^Ckrk

Mr. G. Piey is removed from the Town Council, not having received the Tests.

Communion as by Law required. May 12, 1680. e -'

Mr. W. Maynard, Alderman, is removed from Office for not taking the Oaths. Maynar.l.

Oct 4, 1680.

1 A Shakesperiau word. — See Merry Wives. Act i\\, Scene 2.
R

122

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIKS OF THE BOROUGH.

Henning, M.P. H. 1 Henning, Esq., was elected M.P. in place of T. Browne, Esq., deceased.

Nov. 11, 1680. C. pp. 352—372.

IV. ii2. Mem-
oranda.
1687.
Eng. W.&M.R.
Ledoze,
Yardley.
Maces, Seals,
Books.

A Constable a
Councillor.

Taylor.

Mayor removed

Tomson,
Evered.

Market.

Mr. T. Ledoze, late Mayor, delivered to Capt. Ric. Yardley, new Mayor,
"the two Serjeants' 2 Macos, ffower Towne Seales, the great Statute booke, the lesser
Statute booke, the two great Towne books of Record and the Keyes of the Towne
Chest and Presse ;" and ex-Bailiffs Biles and Collier delivered to Bailiffs Evered and
Maynard " their two keyes of the Towne presse and chest." (This interesting
memorandum is the first of the kind that has been observed in these Records.) It
may be noted that Mr. Rob. Wall, Weymouth, appointed Constable, was afterwards
chosen " Capitall Burgess," another Constable being then elected. Jan. 14, 1686 (7).

Whereas Alderman Taylor was elected Mayor, now for " divers causes us
moving, and according to the power " by Charter, " we amove him . . . from the
said Office." Signed by Mr. Tomson, former Mayor, Bailiff Evered, and niue others.
Ajad in the Leet the same day he was re-elected. Oct. 3, 1687.

Tubs for selling corn, " tresses " and boards are to be bought and let out in
the Market. Oct. 28, 1687. C. pp. 389—95.

IV. 113. Mem-
orandum.
Dec. 14, 1688.
Eng. W.&M.R.
Cooper, Town
Clerk.

IV. 114. Mem-
oranda.
1689. 1690.
Eng. W.&M.R.

>ton-juring

Aldermen, etc.

Abjuration of

the Covenant.

Charter, etc.

Mansel.

Freedom.

Mr. T. Cooper, Attorney, was elected Town Clerk, in place of Mr. Buckway,
deceased, non-residence to be excused. C. p. 401.

No less than seventeen Aldermen aud "Capitall Burgesses " were disqualified
through not taking the new Oaths appointed under William and Mary. The 3 Oaths
are not given, but the Abjuration of the Covenant continues. Aug. 23, 1689.

The Charter of King James I. and Exemplifications of Quo Warranto, etc.,
were replaced in the Town Chest, having been taken out for defence of the Borough
against a Quo Warranto in King James II. 's time. Oct 13, 1689.

Mr. J. Mansell was chosen a "Capitall Burgess." May 16, 1690.

All who bear the Offices of Mayor, Alderman, Bailiff, or Capital Burgess shall,
during tenure thereof, be ex-officio Freemen, without Fee or Oaths. June 6, 1690.
(This was reversed for all except the Mayor. Oct. 12, 1694.) C. pp. 402 — 8.

IV. 115. Mem-
orandum.
May, 1691.
Eng. W.&M.R.
Freke, M.P.

T. Freke, Esq., Jr., was chosen M.P. in place of Nic. Gould, Esq., deceased.

C. p. 414.

1 Still a County name.

- The Maces, eight Seals, and the two Books of Record remain. It may be that vL 5,
seventeen by eleven inches, but containing only f. 39 — 106, and giving many " Constitu-
tions," Forms, etc., is a fragment of the great Statute Book, and possibly iv. 118 it
the "lesser" one. The Seals are eight in number, and at least four W. Seals are missing,
and one of M. R.

3 Seeiv. 118.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH. 123

Jonathan Sanders may " sett in a post to beare up a signe post to be laid IV. xi6. Order,

etc.
over from the New King's Armes Inne near the Fish Stone by the Towne Pumpe," 1691— i694.

for a yearly payment of 6d. Aug. 3,1691. L^8& M eJ*
Mr. 1 Natbl. Osborne is to be summoned to deliver up " divers Bookes and King's Arms,

evidences " belouging to the Corporation. Oct 3, 1692. Pump. '

A " Cabinett maker " is mentioned for the first time. March 9, 1693 (4). Osborne.

Borough

The name Ridout appears. Sept. 21, 1694. C. pp. 414 — 24. documents.

Cabinet -maker.
Ridout.

J. Bearnes, of the one part, surrenders to the Mayor, etc., of the other part, IV. 117. Sur-
render,
a piece of ground, having B.'a shop on the W., the Quay on the S., the George Inn Oct. 15, 1694.

on the E., and the Sun Inn on the N. With Seal and 6d. Stamp. S. 257. ^j^^'*'

George, Sun.

A Folio Book, unbound, of almost five hundred pages, filled with somewhat IV. 118. Mem-

o ran da etc*
miscellaneous records, mostly of law, but some relating to Class iv., e.g., 1699—1724.

F. iii. The Oaths, temp. William and Mary. 1.— Of Allegiance. 2.— Of L**ro & , E "8^ h

Abjuration of Papal or other foreign Authority. F. 1. Oct. 2, 1699. "Mem. it Oaths.

8oe hapned " that no Election of Mayor, etc., took place on St. Matthew's Day, Election of
Sept. 21, 1699, so under their hands and seals the Mayor (Bury) and Bailiffs resign

and others are elected. Here, as throughout this Book, these Magistrates abjure Covenant

the Covenant. F. 3. Rope walks were in operation. F. 21 b . April 18, 1701. The Ropewalks.

2 £500 left for poor seamen by Sir S. Mico, hitherto lent on interest, contrary to his Mico

directions, is now to be laid out in land. (F. 236 and 204. The Aynes' Estate, ^^^^L

Osmington, was bought, the Conveyance (six papers) being put into the Town Chest. Osmington.

Nov. 1, 1718. It was let to Mr. Clapcott.) Olapcott

From Rules for the Scavenger (f. 50 b . June 22, 1703), as also for the

Porters (f. 33. Nov. 6, 1701), it would almost seem that the minor Streets were Minor streets

about this time mostly without definite names. For instance St. Edmund Street nameless,
and St. Alban's Street are called the first and second cross street

Some place-names may be here uoted. F. 57 b . The Bay Tree in W. Place-names.
F. 59 b . The Fox in W. F. 72 b . The Crown and Sceptre in M. R. F. 185 b .
The Compass in W. F. 206 b . The Golden Lion. F. 226 b . The Boot. F. 237 b
The Greyhound at Blandford. F. 235 b . " Saudwitch," Dorset (Swanage).

F. 102 b . Dennis Bond, Esq., was chosen Recorder in place of Nathl. Bond, Dennis Bond,

Esq., deceased. Sept. 12, 1707. Recorder. '

F. 195. J. ! Lock, do Dorchester, Butcher, is mentioned. Nov. 12, 1717. Lock,

F. 207. Mr. T. Cooper, the younger, of Dorchester, is appointed Town c^J. 16 ^^

Clerk, in place of Mr. T. Cooper, resigued. Clerk.

1 Perhaps the same who is called Samuel O. See iv. 89.
* See iv. 104.

1 A name well-known there now.
R*

124 CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

Benefaction by F. 215 b . Acceptance of an offer by General Harvey, to present £500 to the

nera arvey Q or p 0ra t.j 011) g e p t 5^ 1720 ; and again this was under consideration (f. 222 h ),

May 22, 1721.

Sir Jas. Thorn- F. 229 b . Sir Mas. Thomhill was admitted a Freeman of the Incorporation,

hill, Freeman. _ _ , *^, ,^v

nem. con. Jan. 9, 1721 (2).

Thomhill F. 230. Grant to the same of ground, one hundred and eighty by sixty-five

feet, between St. Thomas Street and St. Mary Street, for one thousand years, at

Pound. Is. a year, for the erection by him of an almshouse. The Pound stood there, and

he was to erect another elsewhere, as should be appointed. March 30, 1722.

School - master. F. 236 b . Mr. W. Hobbs, School-master, was to have his School-rate paid on

condition that he should teach gratis two W. boys and two M. li. boys. March 8,

1772 (3). t S. 259.

IV. 119. Mem- " A Folio Vol., see iii. 144. Several well-known names appear in this book,

or&ndfl. etc

1724— i 800. e -9"» Devenish, Fry, Steward, Swaffield, Templeman, Tizard, Tucker and Weston.

Eng. W.&M.R. The Abjuration of the Covenant is not mentioned.
W. Surnames.
Paalien, Town P. 133. Mr. G. Paslien was elected Town Clerk, in place of Mr. Cooper,

Clerk> deceased. Nov. 6, 1729.

Mico P. 135. The [Mico] land at Osmington was let to T. Wilshire, at the rent

ene ac ion. ^^ ^ ^ e ] a t e jj W., which would seem to have been reduced at some former time,
as the allowance of 40s. to each pensioner had to be diminished. Jan. 2, 1729 (30).
G. Doddington, P. 139. G. Doddington, of Hossington, Esq., was elected a Freeman.

Freeman. (Afterwards Baron Melcombe Regis.) May 19, 1730.
Way, Town P. 146. Mr. A. Way, of Bridport, was elected Town Clerk. Jan. 26, 1730 (1).

R Tucker P P- 202 ' 3 - Mn R Tucker, Mayor, and Mr. E. Tizard, Alderman, attended at

Tizard. the Town-hall, on St. Matthew's Day. the day for electing a new Mayor. For some

Election of reason no one else would attend, and no election took place. Next day, Mr.

Mayor omitted, j Tucker, senior Alderman, and others, the Mayor being absent, elected a new

Jeanes. Mayor, Mr. Ric. Jeanes, according to the Act for such an emergency. Sept. 22, 1741.
Election again P. 207. A similar occurrence on St. Matthew's Day. 1 743.

Swaffield P. 212. Jos. Swaffield, Gent, was elected Town Clerk, in place of And. Way,

Town Clerk. (Jcut, deceased. July 7, 1744.
Election of P- 218. On St. Matthew's Day, being Sunday, Mr. J. Basham was elected

Mayor on Sun- M g t 2 1, 1746.

day. Basham. J r

Thanks to <;. P- 222. The Corporation thanked the Right Hon. G. Doddington, of

Ea^tbu^F^ Elistburv » Esq., for his "indefatigable endeavours" in getting the " 2 Explanatory

Charter or Letters Patent," of Aug. 19, 1747, relieving them from their difficulties.

Sept. 21. 1747.

1 The well-known Artist, a native of the Borough.
* See i. 22.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

125

P. 230. R. Prowse and Jos. Bennet had twenty-one year leases granted to
them, so that they might erect two wooden bathing houses on the N. side of the
Harbour. Sept. 30, 1748.

P. 238. The gutters, and also three feet on each side of them are to be
paved by the Corporation. March 22, 1749 (50).

P. 251. W. Grossman is to be allowed to keep School in W. Guildhall.
June 28, 1754.

P. 255. Order that, besides H.M. bounty, a guinea shall be given to every
able-bodied Volunteer for Army or Navy. March 31, 1756.

Pp. 264 — 9. Copy of Rule of King's Bench about the Election of Mayor,
etc. Feb. 12, 1759. In accordance with this Rule, Mr. T. Gollop was elected
Mayor. Feb. 26, 1759.

P. 555. The Order for this Writ or Rule is inserted, and the Notice of
Election in p. 560.

P. 308. Rob. Smith, of Dorchester, Gent., was elected Town Clerk in place
of Jos. Swaffield, Gent., deceased. June 29, 1770.

P. 381. T. Whicker having lost £150, and more, and Jas. Pitt having found
in the Harbour a purse containing £129, and upwards, supposed to be part of the
above, the Corporation adjudge £10 to be spent in clothes for Pitt and the rest to
be given to Whicker. July 15, 1784.

P. 386. The Corporation decide to attend the Mico Sermon at M. R.
Church, on Friday before next Palm Sunday, and after Church, to distribute the
Charity money at the Guildhall. Nov. 22, 1784. This seems to be the first
Minute of the kind. The Mico Estate, at Osmington, was let at this time for
£26 a year.

P. 396. The Esplanade is now first mentioned, viz., in a Lease to Miss
E. Thorne, for ninety-nine years, of a plot of ground near to the same ; and in leave
to Mr. Purling and Mr. Jacksou, to make their garden walls in East Street parallel
with " the !Wall called the Esplanade." March 7, 1785.

P. 398. J. Synies, Gent., is elected Town Clerk, in place of Mr. Smith,
resigned through age. Nov. 16, 1785.

• Pp. 405, 6. Giles Terapleman, Esq., Barrister, is elected Recorder, in place
of W. Chafin Grove, Esq., resigned. Oct. 6, Nov. 3, 1786.

P. 408. The road to the sands, lately made from the East end of Coniger
Ditch, is to be filled up, and the Esplanade levelled where cut for that road.
Nov. 16, 1786.

P. 413. Mr. H. Thornhill may occupy ground called the Cove, overflowed at
high tides, and lying on the S.W. part of St. Edmund Street. July 2, 1787.

Prowse,

Bennett.

Bathing houses.

Paving.

Grossman,

School-master

in W.

Town-hall.
Extra Bounty.

Rule.
Gollop, Mayor.

Smith, Town
Clerk.

Whicker, Pitt.
Money lost.

Mico Sermon

and
Benefaction.

Aynes' Estate.

Esplanade.

Thorne,
Purling,
Jackson.

Symes, Town
Clerk.

Templeman,
Recorder.

Esplanade.

Thornhill.
Cove.

1 This must have been a (probably) rough and insufficient predecessor of the present wall, and
seemingly situated more to the West. At one time the Esplanade was faced with turf.

126

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

Bowles, Town
Clerk.

The King
expected.

Address to
K. George III.

Arbuthnot.

Duke of St.

Al ban 's.

Esplanade.

<Sec< nd Address

to
K. George III.
Encroachments

Fire engines.

Backwater
reclamation.

Taylor
Benefaction.

Third Address

to
K. George III.
Dispute about a
Press - warrant.

Randall
Benefaction.

Mr. Bryer's
offer to bring
water to \V.

Forestalling.

SirW.Pulteney

Mayor.

Crescent.

Isaac.

P. 419. Mr. Svmes, Town Clerk, resigns. Nov. 5, 1787. P. 421. C. Bowles,
Gent, is appointed in his place. Nov. 9, 1787.

P. 441. "There being reason to expect that the King . . . will shortly
take up his residence here . . ."a Committee was appointed to consider necessary
regulations. June 15, 1789.

Pp. 442, 3. Copy of the Address to their Majesties presented at the house
of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, the day after they arrived. It is a good Address,
dwelling on the domestic virtues of the King and Queen, and on the constitutional
administration of Government. J. Arbuthnot, Esq., was Mayor. July 1, 1789.

P. 451. The Duke of *St. Albau's was permitted to erect a seat on the
Esplanade, opposite his house, and also to make steps to the sands there. July 2,
1790.

P. 456. A second Address to the King. Sept. 8, 1791.

P. 463. The encroachments on the Boundaries of the Borough by the Lord
of the Manor of Radipole are to be resisted. April 2, 1792.

P. 466. The Serjeants at Mace are to employ men to practise with the two
Fire Engines. May 28, 1792.

P. 467. It is to be considered what land may be reclaimed from the
" Backwater," Northward from the N. wall of the 2 Poor-house.

P. 469. In 1753, J. Taylor, Esq., left £70 to the Mayor, etc., towards
instructing two boys in navigation. Having now iucreased to £208 it was resolved
to begin to use the interest as above. July 5, 1792.

P. 474. Third Address to the King. Aug. 23, 1792.

P. 480. Order that a Letter shall be sent to the Admiralty about the
insolence of Capt. Grindall, of H.M. Ship Thalia, when -asking the Mayor to
endorse a Press- warrant. March 11, 1793.

Pp. 486, 488. Orders relating to a Field, at W., given by J. C. Randall, Esq.,
to the Mayor and the Rector of Wyke, in trust, for the benefit of four widows. It
was let for £9 a year. Dec. 2, 1793, Jan. 6, 1794. P. 541. This was a brick-field.
Rent to the amount of £52 had now accumulated and was invested. Aug. 7, 1799.

P. 489. :J Copy of a Petition to the Commons for an Act to enable the Mayor,
etc., to accept an offer by Mr. Bryer to bring water to the Town. Feb. 24, 1794.

P. 500. An Order against "forestalling the markets." April 20, 1795.

P. 513. Sir W. Pulteney, " Inhabitant," was elected Mayor. Sept 21, 1796.

P. 516. Mr. W. Isaac was about to build on Melcombe Narrows, N. of
Gloucester Row. (See v. 66, p. 479.) July 24, 1797.

1 Is St. Alban's Street named after the Duke ?

* This house is still standing in West Street.

* Two letters of Mr. Bryer's about the Water supply have lately been found, one of them

suggesting the above Petition. M. v. 1. 21, 22.

CLASS IV. GENERAL AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH.

127

P. 530. The Rev. Jos. Lamb was appointed to teach Navigation, under the
Taylor benefaction* (p. 469), in place of Mr. Crossmau, resigned. Nov. 19, 1798.

P. 532. The Town Clerk was to notify to the Coroner that he had exceeded
his powers in holding inquests on two corpses found within the Borough, the Mayor
being Coroner there. Feb. 4, 1799.

Pp. 543, 4, 8. The Esplanade Wall was now planned. 1800. (See v. 66,
p. 543, etc.)

P. 554. (Inserted) Copy of an Address to the King on his escape from an
attempt on his life. Nov. 6, 1795.

Respecting localities, it may be noted that (p. 313) the " White Hard Inn in
Waymouth" is mentioned. June 28, 1776. This must mean "White Hart," —
if so, a second Inn of the name in the Borough, being in W., and opposite a quay.
The other White Hart was in St. Thomas Street.

P. 349. High West Street in W. is mentioned. Oct. 12, 1779.

P. 508. There was still a Timber Yard in St. Thomas Street. May 9, 1796.

P. 543. St. Thomas Street and St. Mary Street had no houses at their
Northern extremities. (See v. 66, p. 543, 4.) Feb. 3, 1800.

Lamb.

Taylor

Benefaction .

Coroner warned
off.

Esplanade
Wall.

Address to
K. George III.

White Hart in
W.

High West St.

Timber Yard.

St. Mary St.
and St. Thomas
St. incomplete.

To this Class may be appended a notice of a Parchment Deed, whereby IV. 120. Deed

Poll.

W. Peverel, of " Estringstede," of the one part, conveys to W. Gervays, of M. R.,
and Cristina his wife, of the other part, a Messuage, etc. ; thirty-two pieces of silver
having been previously paid. Witnessed by T. Slyde, Nic. Faber (or Smith),
H. Langgyn, H. Bendis, H. de Ringstede, and others. It is undated, and there is
nothing to fix the date with certainty. But it is supposed to be of the time of
King Edward III. or Richard II. Seal lost. S. 3.

Undated.

Latin.

Ringstead.

Peverel.

Slyde, Faber,

Langcyn,

Bendis.

A List of apparently the end of the eighteenth century may be given.
is connected with billeting soldiers and a few horses.

Golden Lion
Crown
King's Head
Cooper's Arms
Bear
White Hart

White Horse
Three Tuns
Antelope
Cutter
George
Duke Cumb d

Royal Oke (sic)
Globe

Turk's Head
Black Dog
Nag's Head
Boot

Old Rooms
Portland Arms
Kiug's Arms
Hotel
Lyon's Head

M. v. 1. 17.

It IV. 121. List

of Inns.

Undated.

English.

W. and M. R.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

V. i. Receipt. Acquittance to T. Sam waves for 13s. 4d. S. 9.

July 20, 1546.
English. W. (?)

V. 2. Receipt. Discharge, beautifully written. It is signed by T. Hyde, and acknowledges

Enghsh^M* R. payment by Sir George l Delalynde, Sheriff of Dorset, of two "detts of the fyvetene "

Fifteenth. granted to King Henry VIII., amounting to £53, charged on the Town and
De la Lynde.

Burgesses of King's Melcombe. S. 11.

V. 3. Receipt Receipt from Sir G. De la Lynde (?) for arrears of rent due from Melcombe

English. Regis. S. 12.

M. it. (?)

V. 4. Receipt. Receipt under the hand of Ric. Durant, of the Exchequer, to Master Pulintoft,

1552. ' Under-sheriff of Dorset, for 26s. 8d., charged for " a peticon and other things," made

English. M. R. D y hj m j n the Exchequer, relating to money granted to King Henry VIII., probably

that mentioned in v. 2. S. 14.

V. 5. Receipt. An Indenture under the hand and Seal of Owen Raynolds, Mayor of King's

English. M.'r. Melcombe, acknowledging receipt from T. Sam ways and others, inhabitants and "free
Pay to a M. P. comburgeses," of 47s. 4d. towards his " wayges . . .for being a burges of the

plymt." S. 16.

V.6. Discharge "A Bill" under the Hand and Seal of J. Wadhm., the younger, "Capytayne

Eiiclish.°M.R of . . . the . . . Castell of Sandy sfoote," discharging Melcombe of all pay meuts
Pay to a M.P. d ue to him during the Session of Parliament, as Burgess for the Borough. S. 15.

V. 7. Release. Letter writteu, or at least signed, by Francis, Earl of Bedford, releasing

Jan 3 1558 (*)' •

English. M. R. Melcombe from any charge for attendance as M.P. of his nominee, J. Moynes, of

E. of Bedford, « Bruteporte." There is a good Seal of Arms. S. 18.

1 This was an old Dorset family. It was a Delalynde who, centuries before, killed the famous
White Hart, admired and spared by the King. See Hutch ins.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE. 129

Receipt for 26s. 8d. and 30s., " two sevll detts of fyvetenes," granted to King V. 8. Receipt.

Dec 10 1559.
Henry VIII., in the thirty-second year of his reign (1540, 1), and now paid by the English.* M. R.

Mayor of Melcombe. S. 19.

Acquittance for 20s. " fee farme of the Borough, due at the feast of V. 9. Receipts.

Oct 29 and
St. Mychaell tharchangle," now paid by 0. Raynolds, Mayor. Oct. 29. A similar Nov * 3 | 56 j

document. Nov. 3. S. 22. English.' M. R.

Acquittance under the hand and Seal of J. Leweston, of Leweston, Dorset, V. 10. Acquit-
tance.
Captain and :t Lewetenante " of Portland, for money due for attendance at Q ct ^ 1553

Parliament, apparently as Burgess for the Borough. S. 23. English. M. R.

Receipt under the Hand and Seal of Christopher Hole for 20s., one annual V. 11. Receipt.
. u o* Jan. 3. 1566 (7).

fee. S. 25. English. M. R.

Receipt by E. Hardie through his deputy, Roger Russell, for 14s. 2d., beiug V. 12. Receipt,
part of the grant to the Queen by Parliament, in the fifth year of her reign, 1562, 3. E n 5j' ga / M. R.
Signed and sealed by J. Chubbe. S. 31.

This is a very curious account of the expenses of R. Keate, Town Clerk, V. 13. Accounts

daring an absence of forty days or more, on Borough business, iu London. Many Mar. 20,1575(6)

of the items are quaint and interesting. On Feb. 10 he spent 5s. on a supper at the w ^v}' i>

" Sarrazen's Hed," Westminster, " in the companie of certen courtiers." His own Saracen's Head,

expenses for tweuty-one days of his stay in London were 38s. 2d. He had to

spend 6d. on a new pocket, his old one being torn " w th the cariag of the mouney." Wear of pocket

bv carriage of
" Soalling ray boates " cost 16d. The fee for writiug a " Certificate to the Counsell," money.

and for a copy thereof was 10s. " Horse-bread " from Feb. 10 to March 17 cost 15s. ^ ee -

His "charge fro London " was 10s., four days' journey. The total was£10 3s. Id.

S. 53.

A beautifully written parchment, headed " Pcella terr . . assignat pro V. 14. Receipt.

Junctura dne *Jane nup Regine Anglie," and stating that from the customs of the *' ete

water of " Weymouthe " there are 40s. due per annum. Two Memoranda below Latin. W.

Queen Jane,
seem to show that 18s. were paid in Feb., 1577 (8), and 20s. at some other time. nee Seymour.

S. 63.

1 Queen Jane, nee Seymour. A Dorset Jointure, but not the same, was settled on Queen
Catherine, nee Parr, to whom in 1544 King Henry VIII. grants the Manors, etc., of
Pimperne, Wyke, Portland, etc., the Boroughs of Cranborne and Wareham with certain
Chases and Parks ; but there is no mention of W. or M. R. These Manors, etc., were
long in the hands of the de Clares, Earls of Gloucester. For instance in 8 Edw. I., the
Earl of Gloucester claimed View of Frank-pledge, Gallows, Pillory, Cucking Stool,
Infangenethef, etc., in Cranborne, Wyke, Portland, Weymouth, and Elwell in Upwey. —
Cranborne Chase, pp. 189 & 309. Hutchins says that about that time Earl Gilbert
exchanged the Manor of W. for other property belonging to the Priory of St Swythun.

s

130

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

V. 15. Accounts

1578.

English.

\V. and M. R.

Journeys to

London.

Poole.

Southampton.

Hartley Row.

Marmalade.

Tower.

Greenwich.

Price of shoes

and horse meat.

Staines,
Andover,
Bland ford,

Sarum.

Westminster.
Fee.

Fee.
Price of
Grazing.

Two accounts of the expenses of R. Keate, Town Clerk, who spent some
time during Easter Term, 1578, in London, on Borough business ; and again in
Trinity Term. The first account is from April 14 to May 19. His halts for the
night on his up journoy were Poole, Hampton (Southampton), and 1 Hartlerewe.
An item or two may be extracted. " To the caryer for bringing my cap-case to
London, 6d." • A box of seven pounds of marmalade " geven to Mr. Neale," 8s. 4d.
A breakfast " to iii. of my L. Chief baron's men, 2s. 8d." " For serch in the Towre,
108." Boat hire to Greenwich and back, 6d. Two pair of shoes for himself, 2s. 5d.
'■ Horsemeate for 29 days, 14s. 6d." " For washing my shirts, 16d." "To the
ostlers, 4d." "To the maydens, 6d." On his return he halted at " Stanes,"
Audover (via Hartlerewe), Blaudford (via Sarum). The Total is £6 1 Is. 3d.

S. 67. 1.

The second account is from May 31 to June 28. His route each way was
like the last. In this account "bote hire" to Greenwich occurs nine times. He
also took a boat "divers times" to and from Westminster. " Ingrossing a
Supplicacon directed to S r Xpofer Hatton," cost 3s. 4d. A supper " bestowed uppon
Talbot the Clarke of the Towre " cost 3s. 6d. " For seinge iii or iiii bundells of
Records at the Tower," 3s. 3d. His horse "24 dayes at gras M cost 8s. The total
was £7 9s. lid. S 67. 2.

V. 16. Accounts

1578 and 9.

English.

W. ami M. R.

Journey to

London.

Fee.

Journey.
Fordington,
Bland ford, Sa-
rum, Andover,

Basingstoke,
Bagahot, Hamp-
ton, Richmond,
London,
Aveley.

Horse hire.

Fees.

R. Keate's account during Hilary Term, 20 Eliz. (1578), when he was twenty-
six days in London, on Borough business. The items resemble those in his accounts
above. One looks significant : — " To S r Walter Mi ldm aye's man to pcure a warrant
f 1 the pety customes, 10s." S. 72. 1.

Five accounts pinned together, and similar to the above. A few particulars
may be given.

1. R. Keate "departed from 2 Fordington," Oct. 31, 1578, and his stages
were, via Blandford to Sarum ; via Andover to Basingstoke ; via Bagshot to
Homstone (Hampton ?) The Court was at Shene, as it appears from his charging
for three dinners at Richmond. From Homstone he went via London to Aveley. He
returned (by the same route as on his up journey), Dec. 6, 1578. Total not given.

2. This absence lasted from Jan. 21, 1578 (9) to April 18, 1579, "being*
Easter Even." The only item that seems to need recording is " For hire of my
horse upwards, 5s." The total was £12 8s. 6d.

3. A shorter absence, from May 14 to June 5, 1579. " For drawing and
engrossing of the English bill against the Bayliffs of Waymouth " he paid 10s.
The fee to an Attorney of the Exchequer was 3s. 4d. Total £3 5s. 6d.

1 Hartley Row.

a It may be noticed, in connection with R. Keate's two starts from Fordington, that the
(only with S at the end) exists there to this day. He was of Fordingjon. See v. 20.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

131

Wimbome,

Ringwood,

Alresford ?

Fareham,

Cobham.

Brooke.

Fees.

13s.

4d.

Is.

4d.

10s.

3s.

8d.

V. 17. Account

a 1578, 9.
English.
W. and M. R.
Mayor's
account.

Cherbourg.

Is.

4. On June 17, 1759, he again started from Fordington and remained away
until July 14. Total £3 8s. Od.

5. He left Weymouth on Oct. 16, 1579, and remained away until Dec. 5.
He went via " Wynborne " to " Ringwoodde " the first day. Then via Romsey to
1 Alford. The third day via " ffarum " to " Cobhm." His business was connected
with the disputes between the Boroughs, fomented by J. Broke aiid others. He
" paid to a typstaff to bring J. Broke before the iudge of the King's Bench to retorne
the heas corpus fr Henry Michell, 2s." "Counsellors' fees to Mr. Recorder of London,
Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Napper, and others," were in all £5 12s. 6d. " A buckram bag
to carry the books " cost 12d. Total £15 8s. lOd. S. 72,

This is a very curious and carefully written Document. It is " thaccompte
of Rychard Pytt fo r the year of his maioralltye," and it fills a roll of paper five feet
long. First come receipts, among which may be noticed : —

On " 7 weye of lyme lacke ii bushells "

" Petty customes " of canvas, " and a pocket of hoppes " -

" Received of Lewes the shoemaker of fframpton for his fyne of

one case of glasse being forfeited "

" Petty customes " of the Michael bound " for Sherbrocke "

— — from Jourdame of Sarrence for 2 puncheons

of " pruyns " - ' - -- - - - x -

For " passingers " in the John -

More than one French vessel comes in laden with iron. Among disbursements
may be mentioned —

. . "for Wyne . . sent to the Castle of Sandsfoote for Sir W. Paulet"
. . "for iii pounde of sugar . . sent with the same wyne " -
. . "horse hyer to go to Dorchester with Roger Keate, which was
to sett the proclamation for eatinge of flesh " ...

. . "to the shrive for our Indentures for iiii Burgesses "
. . " for makinge cleane of the towne harnesse " -

The total receipts were £12 7s. 7d., the outlay £12 Is. 2d.

A very rudely written Slip, seeming to be a receipt for 4d. for the " youse of V. 18. Receipt.

I eon i<f\

y* bayllys." No date. S. 99. 14. Eng. w.&M.R.

For 12d., pettv customs, paid by J. Denche, of Dorchester, Merchant. Seal V. 19. Receipt

c 1^ „ Nov - 7, l.')83.

gone. o- 14«J. 6. En*. W.&M.R.

Denche.
" Roger Kets Bond." R. K. " de ffordington " enters into a bond in £100 V. 20. Bond.

TnriA 11 1 ' ! MJ7

to W. and Ric. Pytt, J. Allen and J. Moket. Seal, a Death's Head, with motto i^tin & English

W. and M. R.
1 Alresford?
» Or more likely 1579, 80. See ii. 28.

8*

14d.

>ursement£

$ Iron from
France.

6s. lOd.
4s.

Wine for Sir
W. Paulet.

6d.

Lent?

8s.

6d.

Town armour,

S. 74.

132 CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

" Fides coeli cluvis/' " The condition of this obligacon is " that he binds himself to

accept the award of G. Trcnchard, T. Hanaro, J. Fitzjames and Kic. Swayne, Esqs.,

Keate, Town in a Controversy about " a certeu recompeuce w ch the said Roger challengethe to

Corporation. nave m conBideracon of his travell about the said towne busynes," failing which the

£ 100 must be paid by June 25, 1588. S. 164.

Draft of " Condition," as above. S. 165. 6-

V. 21. Letter. From J. Dewye to the Mayor, certifying (which had been doubted) that the

English. bearer is authorized to receive tenths and fifteenths, viz., £4 10s. Od. for W., and
VV. and M. R. £[) 10s Qd f()r M R S 165> ^

V. 22. Account Expenses " in rydinge to Darkmothe," by " 2 Borport " to " Collyvord " the

Tel ( n i390?f 1Z " nrst ^W > next dav t0 Exmouth > where the " passage" cost 2d. ; the third day by

Eng. W.&M.R. Tor and "Tyngmuth" (passage Id.) to Dartmouth. Total charge 20s. 7d. No date
Journey to .

Dartmouth. or signature. b. 167, I.

V. 23. Account Two folios containing the amounts of Mr. J. Bond, Mayor, 1590, 1. A few

1590-1596. . °

Eng. W.&M.R. >toms may be given :—
Mayor's
Account. To " the Shreve Mr. Chafin in an° 1591," M. R. rent -

rhafin.

— "1 pece of temb r f* chapell dore "

Payment to — " Payd Mr. Ro£ Keytte by agrement "

T °Keate erk — . . " for y* pore of Borpot . . " (Bridport) -

Bri<lport. — «« a supper given to Capten Sprynge "

Entertainments . » ^ , / it »

— " the Juges Dyet and Sargent Hanam at tymes -

Town armour, — " 2 Sords and dagers f r y e corsletes "

e c ' — " gerdells and hangeres for sords at Dorchest r "

On Aug. 18, 1593, he brings out a balance, showing that "the Towne is
Debytor " to him £31 14s. 2d. But on Feb. 25, 1595 (6), the Auditors "$>use this
accompt," and severely "disducte" the Judge's " Dyet." S. 177.

V. 24. Accounts " 1593. Rent collected in my yeare" (Mr. Mayor Barfoote's). The number

Enir W AM R w ' 10 P a ^ wa8 aoou t sixty-eight, the yearly amounts vary from £1 5s. Id. by

Town Rents, t. Barfoot to Id. by " the heyres of H. Carder." The total received was £16 0s. 2d.

It appears to have been reut of Town Land. S. 178.

1 Money was paid to him a few years after, so probably the award was in his favour. See
v. 23. He travelled and travailed much in the " towne busynes." See v. 15, etc. It
may be that his account of January 19, 1607 (8), was still connected with this buaineM.
See M. v. 1 (Appendix).

* Bridport? Bridport is spelt " Burport " in one or more of the old County Maps.

£

8.

d.

1

2

20

1

16

9

10

18

2

4

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

Five pages connected with the Audit of Mr. W. Dottrell's accounts for the
year of his Mayoralty, 1589, 90. The Auditors were three Pitts, J. Deuche,
J. Brooke and W. Mounsell ; and instead of allowing XI 17s. 4d., Mr. D.'s claim as
balance due to him, they make out a balance of £3 due to the Town. The following
are a few of the items in the accounts : —

£ 8. d.
" Lynarde Vandargosen p d for himself and iii sones for thayar

ffredom" 200

Also " towarde the Chapell " 10

Edmond Chowne, " chorchewarden at Rodypoll " paid for his

freedom of the Borough -200

In outlay, a breakfast was given to Sir H. Palmer and eighteen

men for 2

To a " dynar " to Sir G. Trenchard " then newe knyghted," with

'* dy vs jentellmen . . . and many £vynge men " (partly paid

for with cash in hand) - - - - - - - -0 17

— carrying " a ffrencheman deaseased " to Radipole Churchyard - 10

— " iii Spanyards w th a gyde " sent to " l Darkemothe ... to take
shepynge" 010

— " ii men EsP mondaye to dorchesf to were ii corsletts " - 2

— a horse and man, in charge of a prisoner, to Dorchester gaol,

and " y e kej> for his ffee " - ' 2

— " a potell wyne " to Sir G. Trenchard 14

— " Tymbar for Repracyons off charreirs 2 hy ve in W. syde " 3 4

— Sending a letter to Mr. Recorder Hanam (to Wimborne 1) " a

bowght Leave for the chorchyarde " 2 4

— Sending to Sir G. Trenchard (at Wolveton, Dorchester?) " ii
preutises o(T London . . . taken . . . vagaraunte " 2

From this document, as well as other sources, we learn that Mr. D. was a
keen W. man. He heads p. 5 thus, " Wemothe and my home R and in the haule
on my homes syda . . ." S. 166.

133

V.25. Accounts
Feb. 25 and 27,

1595 (6).
Eng. W.&M.R.

Mayor's

account.

Vandergozen.

Freedom of

Borough.

Entertainments

Expenses to
Dartmouth.

Wine for Sir G.
Trenchard.

Vagrants.

Four-aud-a-half folio pages of Mr. W. Waltham's account during the year of V. 26. Accounts

his Mayoralty, beginning Michaelmas, 1596. Enir W &M R.

The Revenue was £42 14s. 4d., consisting of Petty Customs (£20), Town

Rents, Carts, and Drawing the Bridge. A wreck " "behind the Town " was sold for «» Behind the

Town."

1 This can only be part of the cost. Probably v. 22 is connected with the same affair.

9 Hythe, a word still used along the Fleet or Little Sea to mean an inlet and landing place.

* That is, on the Esplanade shore. The " Front " was then, and long after, the " Back."

134

The Great
Katharine.

Guillaume.

Expulsion of a
bad character.

Fee.
M.R. Common.

Chapel.
Slates.

Mother Ryves.

Stocks.

Terns Well.

The Great
Katharine.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

108. Next comes "a note of . . . moneyes . . . from the Cuntry . . . towarde

. . . setting forth the great 1 Katheren in Cales . . ."

£ s. d.
From the Mayor of Poole 26 13 4

— — Lyme - - - - - - -33 68

— Sir R. Rogers' Divisiou (of the County) - - - - 24

— Sir Matt. ArundeU's Division -. 12 10

— Sir G. Trenchard's Division 23

Constables of Whitechurch Hundred 18 19 8

138 9 8

Among items of outlay may be noted : — £ s. d.

"To the Shreve's man for arest . . . upon French Gillam " - - 16.

— " convayeing of a madd man out of the Towne " - 3

— "a shrowde for a poore man that died in Jhonsons porch and to

the woeman that shrowded him " 034

— Four ropes for the [draw] bridge 4

— " carying of a badfellowe to Langton to be convayed from whence

he came " 006

— "Mr. Singge for his Counsell about the triall of our 2 Comon" - 10

— " releaving of poore sicke sould™ w ch were sent a shore from the

Earle of Essex " 15 8

— outlay " to amend the Chapell," including eight hundred slates,
4s. 4d., one thousand lath nails, Is. 8d. ; Hellyers, five days 5s.,

etc., etc. 19 10

— " Towarde the buriall of Mother 3 Ryves " - - - - 5

Mr. J. Small received, apparently for Law business, j£56 out of a total outlay
of £88. There are many small items, also, connected with the Stocks, the
" Drumbe," " makiug cleane the Bridge and Markett ". (at 4s. per annum), the Clock,
the Way at Terns Well (at the Greenhill), etc., etc.

Further there are a number of details of laying out the contributions
towards equippiug the " 4 Great Katheren " in " Cales voyage." Mr. Mayor claims

1 A MS. in the King's Library mentions the Catherine as one of the six vessels forming the
Weymouth quota for the Fleet against the Armada. She was of only sixty tons ! — BUhs' '
History of Weymouth, p. 15. But from the mention here of " Cales " (Cadiz), and in
another item of the " Cales voyage," it may seem that she also helped Sir F. Drake in
his "singeing the King of Spain's beard" there in 1583. If so the county was a long
time in refunding the cost to the Borough.

- The Melcombe Common lay on both sides of the Dorchester Road, principally on the Eatt
side. See iv. 89.

: « See iv. 28 ;

4 See note v. 26.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

135

as due to himself a balance of .£31 7s. 4d. But " uppon the vew " of the account
several " thiuges dislyked are stroken out," and " uppon revew " of it as late as
Sept. 23, 1602, all balance due to him is disallowed. S. 184.

Severe Audit.

" Accompt of Mr. J. Mockett's Mearaltie," contained in one sheet. A few-
items may be quoted : —

£ s.
4 10

28 5

8

10

1

d.
6

6

6

8

" For the establishing of the burgesses in the pi am en t house " -

— "113 days at 5s. 8d. per day, allowance to the Burgesses"

— "the Juries diner uppo the laweday in W. side "

— " the a Becon men, more than -I R d "

— " mending the Coking stole " -

— "a lambe skyne for sponges " (for guns) - - - - -

— " wyne bestowed uppon the lieftenants and the captaines at
tymes in their logings "- - - - - --

The total outlay is £174 12s. 8d. On the other side the 2 Custom House
brought in £19 10s,, the Petty Customs, £24 Is. 6d, etc., etc. This Mayor, like his
predecessors, claims a balance due to him ; but again the Auditors differ from him,
bringing out, on March 31, 1601, a balance of £6 4s. 4d. the other way. But finally
on Sept. 22, 1602, this balance is v allowed " and the " accompt shall stand clearly
discharged." S. 185.

1 5

V. 27.Accounts
1597, 98.
English.
W. and M. R.
Mayor's
Account.

Jury '8 dinner.

Cucking StooL

Wine for Cap-
tains, etc

Audit.

Accounts of Mr. J. Bond's second Mayoralty, from Michaelmas " Ao Jesus,"
1599, to Michaelmas, 1600. The Petty Customs were about the same as above,
and were paid in by J. Pit, of " 8 Lanehous," and R. Rowles. Instead of only 4s. a
year, paid formerly to " Father Bryne" for cleaning the Bridge, etc., 18s. is now
given to Morten. Among other items may be mentioned : —

V. 28. Accounts

1599, 1600.

English.

W. and M. R.
Mayor's
Account.

£

8.

2
2
2
1

d.
7

6

6

4

To " sendynge 2 boys wher they wer born " -

— " J. Small to Retorne in a bone vevcrs of the flesh in Lent" -

— " raendynge the stox in Waymoth syde " - - .

— outlay concerning " soders for erlaud "

— — — " the frenchman that had the false pistoles "

The Account is not finally "cleared " until Sept. 30, 1605, and then with the
usual deduction from the Mayor's claim. S. 186.

1 The Beacon was on a spot now occupied by a clump of trees on the South of the road
between Belfield and Wyke Church.

5 It seems puzzling that the Custom House is named as a source of income to the Town, the
gre\t Customs belonging to the Crown, and the petty Customs being mentioned apart.

* In Wyke Parish.

Lent.
Stocks.

Base money.

136

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

V. 29. Accounts
1602, 3.

Eng. W.&M.R.

Mayor's

Account.

Wine for my
Lord Viscount.

Price of Oran-
ges, Lemons,
and Potatoes.

Fees.

Mar. 29, 1603.

July 24.

Coronation of

Ring James I.

Fee to a

Preacher.

Fee.

£

8.

d.

1

4

6

10 6

Trade in Sugar.

Accounts of Mr. W. Holman for the year of his Mayoralty, Oct. 2, 1602, to
Oct. 3, 1603. Some items are curious : —

To " putting in 4 pillowes in y° daw (draw ?) bredge " -

— outlay " at my L. Vicomte being in the towne for y e pesse, for 3
pottells of clarrett wyne at 3 meales ------

— — " ^ecke at 3 meales in y e townes name" ...

— " a C of orenge8 and J C of Lemones and pottatoe routs . . .
with carridge "

— " Mr. Dr. Jessop . . . dew fro the towne to 2 he for the defenc
of o r mesaredg and bushelledg? ..."

— " the Messenger ... fro the Court w th the :i pclamation "

— "Uppo the Crouunation daye " to a gunner, etc. ...

— " one hd of beare in W. Sid and one hd in M. R. Sid "

— " Geven to yonge Jesp Jounes the precher " -

— P d Doctor B. Jessop for his fee the pter for ending o r controversie
conserning the bushelledge "

A crane was erected on the Town Quay at a total cost of £14 2s. 4d. It
immediately earned £4 14s. Od. on five hundred and sixty-five chests of sugar, at
2d. Still the " Cranedg " was let for £4 a year, only. The letting of various town
dues seems now to begin systematically. Contrary to precedent Mr. H. charges
himself £4 lis. 3d., "dew by me to the evening of this accorapt." The Auditors
seem to have struck off this debt. S. 188.

1

10

10

I

10

13

4

1 13 4

V. 30. Accounts

1603, 4.
Eng. W.&M.R.

Mayor's

Account.

Phippen.

PI ay era.

( 'harter.

Market stone.

Serjeants'
Cloaks.

" T. Barffoot his acc° for his yeare of Mayrolty ending at Mychellmas 1604,"
containing a few points worth extracting : —

To Goodman Phippen for "byudinge the bridge pillers w th railes
. . .for -------- -

— " mendinge the Ramer and the Whele for the bridge "

— " Mv Lo Sandones players --------

— Mr. Hvdo for " counsell " in drawing a new 4 Charter

— " settinge up a markett stone before Mr. "'Pit's dore "

— " Chrystyan Wynter for vyttell who yt was doubted thatt her
house was infected " --------

— " 6. 1 , yds. frenche rosett for sargnts clokes " -

— " H. Leonard for " domedge . . .by imprisonment "

1 This spelling is worth notice, from its nearness to "Sec," one of the renderings of Sack.

2 He = him, true Dorset.

:> Doubtless for the Proclamation of the Accession of King James I., March 24, 1603.
4 The only one extant to which this can apply is that of 1616. If so, it was long in hand.
•"• Probably the house quite lately demolished, close to St. Mary's Church.

£

8.

d.

2

9

1

5

1

3

3

3

11

3

14

1

3

4

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

137

The total outlay, £71 6s. 3£d., left the Town £4 15s. Od. in the Mayor's
debt ; and this was " allowed of" (minus 14s. of the cost of " rosett") on Sept 22,
1606, but the Mayor never received it Only on July 23, 1611, it was received
by " J. Barfoot ex r to my father T. Barfoot's will." S. 190.

Audit.

Payment
delayed.

"Acc° by me W. Waltham in the tyme of ray Mayoraltie," Michaelmas, 1605,

to Michaelmas, 1606. Among the items are : —

£ s. d.
To " 26 of helling (heling) stones " 14

— " sending of the proclamation of the flaege (or fladge) to Lyme "020

— " newe setting y e [market ?] stone by Mr. Hodder's dore " 2 4

— " geven unto the Quenes players " 010

— "a beame rope " 19 4

— " mending the towne beame " 010

The Mayor claims a balance of £43 15s. 6d. ; but the Auditors demand
£6 4s. 6d. for the Town. S. 191.

V. 31. Accounts
1605,6.

Eng. W.&M.R.

Mayor's

Account.

Players.

Town Beam.
Audit

" Acc° in the tyme of the Mayoraltye of Mr. J. Pitt," Oct. 6, 1606, to Oct 5,
1607 :—

To repairs of W. Chapel, in all

— contribution for " the Repayringe *of Wooll Bridge "

— " wachinge of Jn. Brock " (probably Brooke) -

— " Charges of 2 Sweet of the Keyes " (but £45 in all) -

— " Ironworke, stoachs and nayles for the Jetty Jew u -

— " the scolldinge stoole ingyne and Ironwork " -

— " sending into Portland about the pyratts "

— " a book of Roals cost "

And among receipts : —
" For heviuge of balast w th out a sayle whereof yt went into the

harbour" 030

— " 3 the ground in the couigar sold to Mr. T. Barffoot" - - 31

Mention is made of the " Towne Seales " and " Tryangles." The Mayor
debits himself with £18 and upwards. S. 192.

£

8.

d.

JO

5

1

6

2

2

2

6

3

3

5

V. 32. Accounts
1606,7.

Eng. W.&M.R.

Mayor's

Account

Wool Bridge.

Cucking StooL
Pirates.

Land sold.
Town Seals.

" The Accompte of J. Moket in the thirde tyme of his mayoraltye geven up V. 33. Accounts
the 1st of Octob* 1 608." Eng! w!*M.E.

1 This fine old Bridge still stands.

2 That is, probably, a Law-suit about the Quays. If so, Suit must have been then pronounced

like Suite.

a The Parchment Feoffment of this land remains. M. iii. 13*.
T

138

Entertainment.

Bridge.

Church.

Andit.

V.34. Accounts
1610, 11.

Eng. W.&M.R.
Mayor's
Account.

Earl of Essex.

A Bishop.

Entertainment.

Mocking the
Jury.
Audit.

V. 55. Accounts
1611, 12.

Eng. W.&M.R.

Mayor's

Account.

Whipping.

James.

Beer.

Crane.

Wine for
Master Sheriff.

Soldering the
Seals.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

£ & d.
" For a pecke standard for salte " 030

— " apsente to the L. chif Justice " 10 6

— " the entertaynement of Captayne Burglye and his followers at

tyme8 for the better havinge in the shipp of Rye " - - 3 5

More than £26 were spent on the Bridge, and £29 on the Church. The
Petty Customs brought in £4 10s. Od. The Auditors refuse the item for the
Captain, etc. S. 197.

"A juste accounte of all such moneyes as I have layd out in my meralty.
1610." It seems that the year was from Michaelmas, 1610, but Mr. J. Bond's
dating is careless : — £ s. d.

" For a crest and mending the hall " 008

— " my L. of Essex and my L. Knowles expenses at their being in »
towne" - 2 6

— "my L. Bishop dyett to my sealfe " 10

— " 36 Worse ffaggouts coulss (?) (for a bonfire ? July 16) " - 12
" Given to the Knights of this Shire when they dyned at Mr.

Raynalles " (given in wine ?) 030

" Gave my Lord 2 Waldon for a bankett of sweete mets " 1

Received " of Spicer for mocking the Jurye " - - - 1

The Auditors demand a balance of £16 9s. 8d. (See " Harbour ") S. 201.

" Robert Knight his Account as ffolowetb," from Oct 13, 1611, to Sept. 30,
1612:— £ 8. d.

" Received of a Glasier for forin hopes bought and sold " 3

" Paid H. Tucky for whiping a sailer " ----- 4

"Geven J. Samwayes in Recompence of his wifes hurt by the

Sergeant" - -050

"Geven to the sicke men y l wher bound to Virginia y 1 wher

licenced to depart home " -- 020

" P d Mr. Jas. James for lent of his Kettell " (for pitch ?) - - 3

— " for J a dosen of bear for the Labours " - - - 6

mi

— " Valince and Stonerackes for caring downe the craine and

setting it up " - - - " 8

— "a pottell of wine and suger y* I sent Mr. Shrife at his beinge

in Towne" 014

— " Bolf for 3 sodringe of the Sealles and for nayles for the lighter " 6

The Petty Customs amounted to £67. S. 202.

1 Furze faggots and coals ?

8 T. Howarde, Esq. , was summoned to the House of Lords aa Lord Walden.

3 This " sodringe," probably, remains good to this day.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

139

"Accompt of monys disbursed ... by G. Pley the younger during his V. 36. Accounts

Maiorality." An unusual outlay for sailors and others landed, appears in this Eng. W.&M.R.

Mayor's

P 1 Account.

Jb s. a.

account, e.g. : —
" To a poore man . . . from Bred [a ]] taken for an East India

»

man 010

— " six other poore miserable creatures y* came from y e Islands"- .060

S. 203.

Charity to
foreigners.

" The Booke of Accoumpte of Mr. J. Roy latte Mayor . . . from Mychellmas

1615 to Mychellmas 1616." Much of his long and minute account relates to the

Harbour, under which class it is noticed ; but a few other items may be given here.

" Y e pettye customs " were let to Mr. Ric. Allen for £112.

£ s. d.
" Received of tow fie mens for draweing of blood ..." - - 026

To " 1 C. 1 q t of orloop nayles at 2s. $ C." 2 6

— " ringing the bell, to Jouller for a wholl yeare " - - 1

— " Tho. Bowles for mending of the brudg and a place for Cucking

Stoll" 050

— paid " unto French guilliam for macking cleane of the «towne
corsletts and mending " 096

— " given the queens players for not playing here, by order of the
Aldermen" 1 10

— " for wynne at the landing of Sir Jn° Digbey "- - - -020

— "for my owne allowance for the Leckture "- - - -1000

— " Mr. T. Geare gave Mr. Recorder 5 Jacobus pece for the
following of the Charters " 500

(More than £75 were spent in London law business.)

— "9 douzen of lopsters J no Poop att Mr. Recorder and 2 dz of

crabs w ch cost " 8 16

— " Sent Mrs. Pynne by Coningsby 6 lb 1 q 1 of painted marmalady
in a fayre boxe at 18d. p lb and 3 lb of conservis of 1 pottata at

18d. p lb." 18 4

His four pages of closely written outlays come to £296 19s. 9d., leaving the
Town in his debt £58 9s. 2d., which the Auditors allowed. S. 206.

V. 37. Accounts
1615, 16.

Eng. W.&M.R.
Mayor's
Account.

Drawing blood.

Bell.
Cucking StooL

Guillaume.

Town Armour.

Players.

Wine for Sir.
J. Digby.
Lecture.

Fine.
Charters.

Lobsters for
Recorder.

Marmalade and
Potatoe Jam.

Audit.

Order for payment of £22 9s. 6d. for procuring a new Seal to the Town V. 38. Order.

Tnltr ^l W'lQ

Charter, and for enrolling it in the King's Bench and Exchequer. C. p. 39. Eng. W.&M.k.

1 This surely puts the Potatoe in a new light.
- This must be the Letter Patent. See i. 18.

140 CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

V. 39. Orders. Order for the Cellar, under M. R. Town-hall, to be "graunted by a candle"

Eng. w!&M.R. *° r seven years to the highest bidder.

Clock. Order for a new clock " to be sett up in M. R. Church ; " price to be £4

with the old clock. C. pp. 50, 51.

V. 4a Order, Order for 2d. a day to be allowed to Roger Growte, while in prison.

Iti». March 10, 1619 (20).

Eng. W.&M.R. Resolution to mortgage the Town Revenues as security if it should be

necessary to borrow £225, half of £450 demanded by the King towards an
Expedition expedition against the Turks, i.e. 9 Moorish Pirates. (Mr. E. Lechland paid £225
•gainst Pirates. mto the Exchequer> Feb ^ 1619 ( 2 0).) June 14, 1620. C. pp. 67, 68.

V. 41. Orders. The Auditors of Borough Accounts are to be the two Bailiffs, one Alderman

Ens W &M R. an( * *h ree Capital Burgesses, these last four to be chosen as Auditors for the year, on

St. Matthew's Day. Oct. 20, 1620.
Powder, Pikes, Order to buy four barrels of Powder, twelve Land-pikes, and two dozen

Buckets. Leather Buckets. Dec. 1, 1621.

Greene. Order for £10 to be paid to Mr. Gyles Greene towards " a key and slipp

w ch he hath builte upon the Towne ground on the E. side of his 1 house and in

Hell Lane. Hell Lane," and also for his delivering letters to the Privy Council concerning the

Papist Furman, and suits against W. Mounsell and the Serjeants at Mace.

March 15, 1621 (2). C. pp. 70, 74, 80.

V. 42. Orders. Order for £3 to the maker of the King's, Prince8 , , and Town's Arms.

Eng.W.'&M.R. Feb. 28, 1622 (3).
Work-house. Order to rent a house of Mr. J. Pitt, at £3 per annum, for a 2 workhouse

for M. R. Sept. 3, 1623.
Captive in Order for 40s. for a " newe shute of appell " for H. Browne, late captive in

"Morocco." Turkev - 0ct - 15 > 1634 - C - PP- 86 > 88 > 98 «

V. 43. Orders, Orders, for 40s. towards "the Repacon of 3 Moones Bridge, neere Dorchester."

163 C ] tC 2 3 ^ une ^» 1631 ; and to buy a "Rundlett" of eight or ten gallons of the best wine

Enc. W.&M.R. that can be had, for a present to 4 Sir Fr. Ashley, " as a gratuity for his Love and

Mohun's Bridge ,. , , . „ _ __ ,/»«■, * L - *~~

Wine for Sir readmesse to pleasure this Corporation. Dec. 23, 1631. A bequest of £20

F. Aahley.

1 This is the house strangely called " Hell." It stood at the corner of Hell (Helen) Lane and

East Street. The above extract shows that its owner was a man of good repute, indeed

for a time he was M. P.

* Probably the good house, still called the Workhouse, in West Street.

3 That is Mohun's. There are two Mohun's Bridges close to Dorchester on the old Bath

Road, one of which may be the one here spoken of. The Mohuns were of Bothenhampton
near Bridport. A burying place of theirs was Fleet, in the old Chancel of which are
monuments to some of the family.

4 Vice- Admiral of Dorset ?

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

141

from Widow Gold, of Dorchester, for the poor of the Borough, was received, Benefaction

March 30, 1632. Order for £3 for Rob. Hibbard, thrown out of work through a rom n ' *°
"fall he took " when helping to quench a fire, at Mr. H. Waltham's house. July 5,
1633. C. pp. 116, 21, 30.

Account of Mr. Fr. Gape, Town Clerk, for law and other expenses in London, V. 44. Account

n , Dec. 13, 1633.

*-9- •'— * 8 - d - Eng. W.&M.R.

To Mr. Littleton 200 Ga P e -

— " allowing the Chfe in the Crown Office " - - - - 4 17 6 Charter.

— " Sir Sydney Mountague for gett an answer to our Petition " - 5 Sir S.

At the foot. is an order for payment of the total, £49 18s. 4d., with Borough * ^ *

Seal (the ship), and signed " Tho. Wallis, Maior," in a hand which looks like print. Seal.

S. 233.

The Town Clerk is to ride to London to petition for an abatement of the sum V. 45. Orders,

of £220, the amount called for from the Borough towards " setting forth a shipp of English,

warre for his Matyes service." Dec. 19, 1634. w - and M - R *

The Mayor and others are to ride to Blandford to meet Mr. Sheriff and

divers Mayors about the money demanded for "setting forth a shipp of warr." Ship money.
" The first ship money " is noted in an old hand, but see above. V. 40. Oct. 29,
1636. C. pp. 145, 56.

A Beadle is to be appointed, and to have a coat, staff, and 20s. per annum. V. 46. Orders.

1 fl'XR Q 40

March 9, 1637 (8). Alehouse keepers are to pay for the use of the poor 4d. on English.

every hogshead of beer sold. Oct. 11, 1639. Steph. Pollard is to have 10s. ^ , x a ^ 1 ^ e J"
towards "getting a 1 spell " to serve in his stead against the Scots. Sept. 25, 1640.

C. pp. 160, 6, 9.

" A noate for the Towne " by Goodman Minar :— £ s. d. V. 47. Account

J Jan. 30—

To " Fower paire of wheeles " (for guns 1) 14 Mar. 22, 1640(1)

— « myselfe for 3 daies " 6 w ^$; R

— "J.Boult — 1 — " 14 Boult.

— " carrieinge tymber to make the skrew to Dorchester " 3

— " bringinge the skrew from Doroh." 4

— " labour to bringe the guns out of the blockhouse and 2 carringe Guns on the
them unto the hille " 5 2 Nothe?

S. 243. 1.

In a parchment-bound small folio volume, mostly of Law Minutes, are one or V.48. Orders &

two items connected with Finance, eg. — On p. 1 a Mem m that the rent of " Caseway 1343 ' 5

mill" was £16 12s. 6d. ; and on p. 8 a is a copy letter asking Mr. B. Pitt to pay the ^g- w - ***:*•

%/Bflewajr JTL l ll.

1 A substitute.
* Good Dorset.

142 CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

Middleton same. On p. 7 (at end, reverse way) is an Order that £50 of Mr. Middleton's gift

shall be kept in " the Towne's hands/ 7 and the interest spent in a weekly dole of

Thornton. bread. J. Thornton, Mayor. Dec. 22, 1643. On p. 39 is a copy of Petition from

Exaction for the Mayor, etc., to the Committee for Dorset, against the threatened exaction of £4

rmy * a week for the Parliamentary army, whereas, through damage during the siege,

quartering of soldiers, and " extreame poverty for want of trade as in former times,"

they can hardly maintain themselves. Nov. 7, 1645. On p. 40 it is noted that

they were told to make a fortnight's payment, and appear at Dorchester to receive

an answer. Nov. 21, 1645. S. 245.

V. 49. Orders. The Town Clerk, in answer to the "Com tt6e " who rate the Town at 12s. a

Eng. W.'&M.R. week for the " County troop," is to point out the cost to the Town in quartering

Exaction for t he garrison. Dec. 11, 1646.
the Army. °

Beer. Any one selling beer brewed out of the Borough is to pay a fine of 4s. per

tun, informers to have one third. March 24, 1647 (8). C. pp. 193, 205.

V. so. Account This is an Account, partly, of Arrears of " Towne Duties " owing to Mr.

English. W« White, given to the Mayor by G. Pley, and extending from March 25, 1648 (t)

W. and M. R. to gept. 29, 1649. Among the goods named are several showing the then importance

Dyes for Cloth, of the cloth manufacture in the County, e.g., Madder, Redwood, "Copperis," "Galles,"

"Allum," " Fustic," " Shumicke," and " 1 Earth." Some other merchandise may be
Imports. mentioned, as, Resin, Tobacco, Currants. Soap, Ginger, " Liquoris," " Raisins solis,"
" Mullusses," Starch, and " 380 basketts of fruite," weight two hundred cwt A
quantity, or receptacle, called " searn " is named. S. 246. 8.

V. 50*. Account This is a loose sheet, only recently found, and giving Mr. G. Pley's Petty

Dec. 25, 1 649 to *

Mar. 25, 1650. Customs accounts for a quarter, r rom entries, e.g. : — £ & d.

E?.g- W.*M.,R. «For Mr. Samuell Micoes entry for 37 Butts of Sacke, 24C c. raisins

Sir »S. Micos J '

trade. solis and 91 qrs. of Malago " .223

Also for " Smirna rasins," Sir S. M. seems to have traded to Spain

and the Levant

There is one odd entry " For eight Coates and Breekes " - 8

' Melledge. The name " Melledge " occurs. M. v. 1. 8.

V. 51. Order. The Governor of the Garrison is to receive £10 " to fill up the new worke

Nov 2 1 649
Eng W&M.R. soe f arre ^ the second post behither the worke westward directly over athwart the

Jutty." Nov. 2, 1649. C. p. 229.

V. 52. Mem- " For double transcribinge the Towne dutyes in parch* " the Town Clerk

1651." received 6d. June 13, 1651.
Eng. W.&M.R.

1 Fuller's earth ?

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE. 14$

Whereas through decay of trade, and the wars, the Town Duties have much Decay of trade,

diminished, and the outlay about soldiers, paving streets, and rebuilding the marsh .
wall destroyed in the siege, Has been great, the Corporation are obliged to borrow
£70 of the Poor's money at interest. Rate not specified. Aug. 15, 1651. (P. 255,

do., do., for £25. Oct. 20, 1654.) Received 23s. wheel money (arising from a fine Wheel money.
or tax of 2d. for every iron-bound wheel each time a cart or waggon passes through
the paved streets, imposed June 21st, 1650.) Sept. 29, 1651. C. pp. 239, 40, 42.

Indented " note of the States Timber, 1651, in the ffriery Yard." This is V. 53. Memo-

probably timber which for some reason was sold for the good of the Town. It is in Oct^lO^bsi

forty-two lots, total " 29 Monies 3 hodgshedes and 03 foott." By us T. Hughes Em S- W.'&M.R.

Timber

and W. Gillet. S. 246. 9. measure.

Grant for ever to Mr. Humfry Favell of a plot of ground, one hundred and V. 54. Grant,

twenty by twenty-four feet, in the angle of the Wyke and Sandsfoot Roads, for £3, Eng. w!&M.R.

at a rent of Id. per annum. The original Parchment Lease remains. C. p. 245. Grant of Land.

A sheet containing two accounts between the Borough, of one part, and Mr. V. 55. Accounts

Holmes and Capt. Arthur respectively, of the other part. It is a very rough and u English.

slovenly document, the first being dated 1655, and the second 1653, which is W. and M. R.
probably right. Capt. Arthur seems to have been lessee of the Market at £12 15s. Od.
per annum, the Bridge at £5 15s. 0d., and the Ballast, etc., at £10 5s. Od. Sales
of some of the "Town's timber" are noted, perhaps that mentioned in v. 53 ; e.g.,

" 2 *Tun 2 hogs, and 3 foot, 33s. p tun," £4 5s. Od. The Jury's dinner cost 30s. Timber

against 8s. in 1597. There was received " for forfiture of amikson 20s." S. 248. measure.

Mem m of sale of the stones of 3 Cold Harbour Fort, save the great ashlar stones V. 56. Memo-

and those westward kept as a boundary against the sea ; also of most of the stones Oct. 28 1653.

of the New Fort, those of Mountjoy Fort, those at the "North Fort in W " and w En «i i !^ «

** * w ' W. and M. R.

" the healeing stones " there, moreover the stones at Chapel Fort " except the now Sale of stones,

building there and the 4 4 pillar stones." Total received £51 Is. Od. C. p. 248. ^Cha^L*

" Josiah Dornford's note for . . . jornes for . . . the Towne," undated, V. 57. Account.

but signed by Roger Cuttance, Mayor. The "jornes " were to Dorchester, Bere, and En ~ w&m r

Minterne, one being " to meet S r Winston Churchell " at Dorchester. Beer was 2d. Dorchester,

_ . _, ._ Bere, Minterne.

per bottle. See v. 60. S. 249. Price of beer.

Churchill.

1 * This use of Room or Tun, and Hogshead in cubic (?) measure of timber is strange. A Ton
of timber is forty cubic feet, but the word here is Tun; and then there is "hogshead."

s Some Antiquarians take this term to be evidence of Roman occupation ; and this Fort
seems to have been in M. R. This appears to be the only evidence (slight enough)
against the opinion that the Romans did not occupy M. R. See Introduction.

4 One of these now stands by the South door of Holy Trinity Schools, which are on the site
of W. Chapel, which was made into Chapel Fort. An order for "playninge of " the
ground was made March, 1658 (9), when probably that stone was buried.

144 CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

V. 58. Order. Copy of Order for the appearance of the Constables at the 1 George, Dorchester,

Eng. W.'&M.R. * u connection with a grant of four subsidies. Signed by Giles and G. Strangwaya,

St Na gW r y8 ' Iiobt Naper, and J * Curchi11 (^PP** ^ Churchill) C. p. 281.

Churchill.

V. 59. Memo- Speed's Chronicle, distrained for Capt. J. Arthur's Town rent, was " sould by

Nov. 13 i663. a P eece °f wax candle" to Mr. J. Studley for 29s. He also took " Thames Well"
Eng. W.&M.R. f rom t he Borough at 2s. per annum. (Terns Well, Greenhill.) C. pp. 287, 8.

oDGCQ S

Chronicle.
Terns Well.

V. 60. Account Account between the Borough (Sir Hog. Cuttance, Mayor), and an unnamed

English. Collector of M. R. Town Rents, amounting to*£9 19s. OJd. Twenty-two items are for

W. and M. R. i an( j f € n Cook's, Micho's, Gapes', Mr. Arden's, Elliot's land, etc., eta, varying from
Various Estates "

Windmill. .£1 lis. 6d. to 2d. Also "for y e windmill 5s." There are three half-crowns for

three " ammercements att the sessions." S. 250.

V. 6z. Memo- A Mem m which seems to record that Mr. Mayor Gach and eight others

ran 1666 joined in lending £100 to Government, at six per cent, per annum, on security of

English. « y e additional Tax." March 13, 1665 (6).
W.andM. R. J mi Tr . ,,,,., ^ , ^

Gach. The King seems to have been lately in the Borough, the Corporation

borrowing £100 to meet the cost of his reception. An Order is now made to

Marsh mortgage the 2 Marsh to the lender, Capt. G. Strang ways, for ninety-nine years ; but

Strangways. redeemable at a year's warning. He is to pay " interest of the poor's monyes " due

therefrom. May 28, 1666. (See v. 52.)

The George. The George was let to Sam. Roberts at £10 per annum. Nov. 28, 1666.

C. pp. 295, 6, 3<XX

V. 62. Orders. Major Bury, Muster Master, is to receive £6 up to Michaelmas, 1670, and

En 6 Us'h 40s. per annum after. Oct. 19, 1669.

W. and M. R. Order to lay out £10 on minting 3 farthings " for the Towne's use and profitt

Weymouth *° r ^ e P oor © '" the " superscription " to be " a W. ffarthing " on one side," and on

farthings. t h e ot her, " ffor the poore," with the Town's Arms. Nov. 5, 1669. C. pp. 326, &
Bury. * mtmt w

V. 63. Receipt Imperfect Receipt by Major Bury, Muster Master, for £6, money paid for

° Ct En^li8h " the Militia of this Towne," by the Mayor, eta With Seal of Arms and another

w!:Zv" with a cypher. Oct. 20, 1670. (Also £2 paid Sept. 25, 1671. See v. 62.)

S. 253. 3.

1 This old inn, after being re-fronted many yean ago, was demolished in 1881 for the erection,
on the site, of the Dorset Museum.

* The Marsh, mentioned here and elsewhere, is the low ground stretching S.W. from. th«
Gas Works.

3 Specimens exist, in the Dorset Museum and elsewhere, also mites.

Muster Master.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

145

A folio volume of about one hundred and sixty pages, containing the Borough
Accounts. A few items may be extracted : —

1668. £ s. d.

May 7. Lobsters to Col. Reines and Mr. Recorder for service done 2 9

— 15. The Bookes and ruling 9

— 17. Bells for the Bellman - - - -- - -0176

June 8. Faggots for a " bone fiere " on the King's birthday - 4 6

July 9. Fees, etc., in " Redemption of the Marsh " - - 56

Oct. 5. To the ten decayed seamen out of 2 Sir S. Mico's gift - 15

The yearly Salary of Mr. Town Clerk Scovill - - - 10

The Serjeant's Cloaks, which in the early part of the century cost £3, now
cost £8 9s. 8d. Also the Recorder's salary which for years had been £3 6s. 8d. per
annum, was now £10. Further : —

1670. £ s. d.

July 9. Mr. Hewes, Schoolmaster, q™ salary and rent of School - 3 10

Dec. 2. 2 A brass bushel bought in London 10177

Oct. To poor Frenchmen (other gifts to French and Dutch) - 17 4

In 1674. — Entertainments to the Recorder at the Bear - • - 6 10

1676.
July 2. "P d Tucker's note . . .for sitting forth the dum boy

to Newfoundland "

1676 (7).

Jan. 4. "A. Gorge ... for his freedom of being a bacar "

Nov. 17. For the bull collar

Fine from Overseer Strong " for abusing " the poor

1679.
Jau. 6. " Fowler's Bill for billding the townehall " -

1682.
Nov. 8. For firing the guns on Nov. 5

1683.

March 1. Bill for the Pillory 6 18

" 8 Peeter" Green's bill for the Pump and Pillory - - 12

May 10. Faggots " for the boone fire " 11

July 9. " Firing y e guns upon the happy news of his Ma ties safe

deliverance from y* horrid plotts of presbiterians " -

6 13 4

10
6
5

12

5

V. 64. Book.

March, 1668, to
Jan.l7,1693(4).

English.
W. and M. R.

Lobsters for
Col. Reynes.

Bonfire on the
King's birthday

Mico

Benefaction.

Town Clerk's

Salary.

Sergeants'

Cloaks.

Recorder's

Salary.

School- master's

Salary.
Brass Bushel.

Entertainment.

Freedom to be

a baker.

Bull Collar.

Fine for abusing
the Poor.

Town-hall.

Salute on
Nov. 5.

6 8

Pillory.

Bonfire.

Salute on the

King's escape

from a plot.

1 This gift consisted of the George Inn and Premises, and £500, at this time lent to Farmer
Vie at six per cent, per annum, but afterwards laid out in land at Osmington. There was
also a Charity called " the Lady Browne's Gift."

* Standard brass quart and pint measures were procured in 1700. M. v. 6. 1.

* Probably great-grandfather of Peter Green, a well-known boatman at W. forty yean ago.

u

Vie.

1415

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

Bontire on

Nov. 5. and

May 29.

King Jas. II. 's

Coronation.

(i allow 8 for

Rebels.

Salute for King
William III. !

Freedom to be
a barber.

Seal for the
Mayor.

1683.
Nov. 9.
Aug. 9.

1685.
April 24.
Oct. 14.

Nov. 20.

1688.
July 4.
Aug. 18.

1693.
July 18.

1693.
Dec. 18.

Faggots for Nov. 5

Do. May 29

Bonfire on King James II. 's Coronation Day -

" Bill ... for the Gallows, Burning, and 1 Boyling y e

Rebells executed p ord r att this Towne " -
" Paid Mr. Mayor at the Beare . . .for setting up a

post w th the quart 8 of the rebells at W. towne end "

Firing the guns

Faggots for the bonfire

Ric. May for license " to use the trade of a barber and
perry wigg maker "

To Philip Taylor for a 2 new Town Seal for Mr. Mayor -

£ s. d.
10 9

11

1 8 11
15 14 3

16

10 8
11 6

2 10

9
S. 254.

V. 65. Memo-
randum.
Mar. 28, 1695.
Eug. W.&M.R.
Holworth.

V. 66. Book.

1724—1800.

English.

W. and M. R.

Fines to Stamp

Office.

Jeane9.

Wallis. Bagg.

Fanvill.

Drake.

Cloberry.

(ilollop.
Tucker.

A Mortgage on Hollworth Farm is mentioned, but with what this was
connected cannot be perceived. C. p. 426.

A Folio Vol. See iii. 144. A few extracts relating to Finance may be made —
e.g. — P. 195. The Corporation had to pay a fine of £30 to the Stamp Office for
stamping the Minutes of Election of three Aldermen, at different recent dates.
March 5, 1740. The Minutes of Elections of Mayors did not require stamping, it
seems.

P. 245. Order to repay to Mr. Jeanes, late Mayor, £25 10s. 4d., which he
had to pay to T. Wallis and S. Bagg, being debts and costs due to them from
Jas. Fanvill, imprisoned, but who escaped. June 26, 1752.

Pp. 278 <fc 280. Order to arrange for payment to the Drake family of the
fee farm rent, demised by the Crown (or Commonwealth]) to Sir J. Cloberry, and
now claimed by the Drakes, it seems. Sept. 12, 1761 and June 3, 1762.

Pp. 312, etc. Order for a Lease for one hundred and ten years, from the
expiring of a lease already granted to the late G. Gollop, Esq., for the life of
J. Tucker, Esq., of six hundred feet in length from N. to S., aud two hundred and

1 See iii. 139. These were some of the large number of the Duke of Monmouth's adherents
condemned at the Dorchester "Bloody Assize," by Judge Jefferies. Others were sent
elsewhere for execution, e.y. to Poole.

* This iB doubtless the small Seal with a dark mahogany handle. See i. 42.

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE. 147

fifty feet in breadth from E. to W., of *wa8te land on the Narrows, forty feet N. of Narrows.

Townsend's ground, and reckoned in breadth from the middle of the road, in favour Belvedere,

of Andrew Sproule, Esq., of Bath, rent £20 per annum. A note says that Mr. Tucker Sproule.
died Oct. 5, 1779, so the lease expires Oct. 5, 1889. Nov. 8, 1770.

P. 360. Mr. Tucker having died (as above) it is ordered that two years'

rent be demanded of Mr. Spruule "at the Hotel." Sept. 27, 1781. Hotel.

P. 366. Order fur lettiug the Marsh Lands by auction, and also certain Marsh..
Waste Lauds to be hereafter described are to be let, in lots, for ninety-nine years,
determinable on three lives nominated by the lessee.

P. 371. Leases were accordingly granted, of plots not described, to Building

J. Purling, Esq., at 10s. per annum ; Morgan Wallis (two plots) at 6s. ; J. Webb, at Purling,

2s. ; and W. Andrews Tizard, at 2s. July 9, 1783. Wallis Webb,

' ' J ' Andrews-

P. 375. Order that a Tax of 2s. 6d. per annum shall be paid for every Tizard.

Bathing Machine. Nov. 5, 1783. £^L

P. 377. Lease for ninety-nine years, at 6s. per annum, of a Plot, twenty-nine Building Lease.

by twelve feet, at the E. end of Silver Lane, in W. May 12, 1784. Silver Lane.

P. 469. In 1753 J. Taylor bequeathed £70 to the Mayor, etc., towards the Taylor

instruction of two boys in navigation. It had now increased to £208, and it was

resolved to bring the interest into use, as directed. July 5, 1792.

P. 471. Order to let certain Land, near Hooker's Dock, also five Plots for Land to be

em banked

embanking, at the ends of Petticoat and Conigar Lanes, for one hundred years. Petticoat and

(They fetched from £1 Is. Od. to £5 0s. Od. per annum.) Aug 23., 1792. Coneygar Lanes

»

P. 479. Order that Leases for one hundred years be granted to Messrs. Building

Gear, Isaac, and Hamilton, of Land, two hundred and forty feet long and one Q ear j 8aac

hundred and fifty feet deep, at 4s. per running foot per annum. They are to build Hamilton,
twelve houses thereon, in which no business or trade is to be carried on. (These

form the Crescent.) Oct. 3, 1792. ' Crescent.

P. 506. Sir W. Pulteney is to have a Lease of Ground, at the N. end of Pulteney.

York Buildings. April 4, 1796. Building Leaae.

P. 519. This land is described as by the Esplanade, opposite Mr. Samuel Esplanade.

Weston's Timber Yard. Rent, £2. Nov. 13, 1797. Weston.

(Pp. 543, 4. Sir W. was to have a lease for five hundred years, at £5 per

annum, of land between " the roads leading to St. Mary and St. Thomas Streets," Roads to St.

N. of Sir Jas. Thornhill's Almshouses, and running to a point. 2 No building was to Thomas Streets

be erected on it. Feb. 3, 1800.) Thornhill

1 ' Almshouses.

P. 508. There was still a Timber Yard in St. Thomas Street May 9, 1796.

P. 510. A Plot at the Cove, ninety-seven by twenty feet is to be let for Cove,

ninety-nine years to J. Arbuttinot, Esq., at 2s. 6d. per annum. July 1, 1796. Arbuthnot.

1 The site of Belvedere.

* This stipulation must have been cancelled, it would seem.

u*

148

CLASS V. BOROUGH FINANCE.

Donation to
Widows.

Defence of the
Country.

( -orporation
Income.

Esplanade.

iShrubbery.
Gloucester Row

P. 519. A Donation of £21 is to be given for the widows and children of the
killed in the action with the Dutch Fleet on Oct 11. Nov. 13, 1797.

P. 520. A Contribution of £200 is to be given towards the Fund for the
defence of the country. Feb. 16,1798.

P. 534. At this time the gross income of the Corporation, apart from
charities, was £664 Is. Id., on which the. " duties upon income" seem to have
amounted to no less than £292 15s. 7d. April 18, 1799.

P. 543. The Esplanade Wall was now thought of, and all building on the
Esplanade or adjoining shore is forbidden. Dec. 2, 1799.

P. 544. Proprietors are to be asked to subscribe towards the Esplauade
Wall 13s. per running foot of their frontages towards the Esplanade. Jan. 7, 1800.

P. 548. A Contract is to be entered into with Messrs. Jos. Hamilton and
Hob. Vining to build the Esplanade Wall, at 13s. per running foot, on an average
six feet high, and two feet thick, from the Road to the Sands, opposite the
1 Shrubbery, to Mr. Ford's house in Gloucester Row. March 17, 1800.

1 The Shrubbery was ou the site of the Royal Terrace.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, & COMMERCE.

NOTE.— Most of the Charters, and also several Documents in other Classes, relate

more or less to the Harbour Affairs.

This i8 a very curious Extract from the Rolls of Parliament. " In liotulo VI. i. Extract

1432 3 (?)
pliamenP de anno xi Regis H. sexti. Itm une autre peticon fust bailie au Roy en English, French

mesme le plaraeut en la tenure qeusuit " (In the Roll of Parliament of 1 1 King an ~. ^ in *

Henry VI. Also another Petition was presented to the King in the same

parliament in the following terms.) " To our soverayne Lord the King plese it to

your Royall ma tie . . . [that] your porte of ^elcombe [suffering from] . . .^

scarste of healpe of pepole to . . . resyst the . . . ennemies . . . [whereas]

your towene and havon of poole is well . . . manned and there ys a sewar . . . Poole Harbour

haven . . . wheare yo r mayor and burgesses ben fully purposed, yo r gracyos lycens Harbour.

there to had, to walle 2 incarnell aud fortefey yo r sayde towne . . . [wherefore the

petitioners pray the King] to annull the sayde porte of Melcombe . . . The

comou8 ben assented to this by 11 . . ." which was to take effect "at the feast of

saint illerey next comming." ex p me Johen) Olever. (See i. 26.) S. 7.

Copy, extracted by the County Clerk of the Peace, of an Indictment of the VI. 2. Indict-

Bailiffs, etc., of Weymouth. It is dated " 3 in prima septimana quadrigesime." 156 .

2 Eliz. Forty people " riotose et routose sese assemblaverunt," and seized in the , J**'"* }\i.
J r r ' Bailiffs of W.

port " quincj mille piscm Anglice fyve thouson mylettes," worth £10, "rete Anglice
a Sayue nett," worth £5, and a boat, worth £5. S. 20.

This is a Letter speaking of a cargo of Herrings which seem to have been VI. 3. Letter.

ft4 W% -JIM I ft ja v%

exported to Southampton. See iii. 4 for other papers under the same number. w and M.R.f?)

S. 34.

A Petition in very good writing, praying the Privy Council for a grant for VI. 4. Petition
twenty-one years of 4d. on every one thousand pilchards exported ; which would not English,
hurt the fishermen, as merchants effect the transport, chiefly to Spain. S. 35. W. and M. R.

1 It seems strange that Weymouth is not mentioned.

2 "Incarnell" = crenellate, probably.

3 In the first week of Lent, with the fast of which season this seizure of fish may have been

connected.

150

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

VI. S Book.
1567 to 1594.

English.
W. and M. R.

Ballast.

Export duties.

In this Book, relating chiefly to other matters, are some things connected
with the Harbour.

F. 57. The duties of the " Water Baylye." He is, e.g., to levy " the
Ankeraige, lastaige, comon keyaige, grounddayge, bussellaige and bomaige."

F. 57 b . Seven " Constytucyons for the mayntenance of the Haven." They
forbid throwing refuse or " scroope ballast that is to save sande gravell earth or the
like " into the haven, and breaking " anie grounde . . . upon . . . the strones
of either sied."

F. 74 b . Order by Mayor, etc., dated March 9, 1583 (4), for the payment of
one half-penny a quarter of "wheate barleye maltc 1 wottes beanes and pease/'
exported by a freeman of the town, and Id. do., do., by a stranger. This is to be
for the maintenance of the Haven.

F. 75. Taxation for the proposed bridge over the Haven. April 30, 1584.
The number taxed was ninety-six, the amounts vary from 20s. to Is. S. 47.

VI. 6. Letter.
Nov. 9, 1574.

English.
W. and M. R.

Pirate?

Draft Letter to Sir F. Walsingham from the Mayor, etc. They say that, a»
desired, they demanded one Slocomb from the Lieutenant of Portland Castle, but in
vain. S. had gone out of Weymouth Harbour by night in a " barke in warlyke
maner appoyuted," and had gone to Portland Castle. By the connivance of the
Lieutenant he had sailed away. S. 51.

VI. 7. Account.

An Account of duties paid in Sept., Oct, Nov., and Dec, but the year is not

Enfflish^ given. The total is £13 14s. 8d., made up of fifty-one items, of which "canvas" is

igi
id

W. and M. R.

Apples
imported.

oftenest repeated. On Nov. 13, Jas. Churtche paid £1 12s. 7d. on seven thousand
five hundred and thirty ells (?) of Canvas, and one hundred and eighty reams of
Paper. Three times " 300 basketes of Aples," at 5d. duty, appear, and Cider was
imported. More than one thousand lbs. (?) of " tobaco " were imported at 8d. duty
per one hundred lbs. (?) The exports show only three items ; e.g. : — From the
Dorchester Mercers, ninety ells (?) Dorset Cerses (Kersey?) 10s. duty. S. 58. 2.

VI. 8. Articles Eighteen Articles " to be exhibited " by J. Peers the younger against Ph.

t et °Vr ffabyan, Pet. Ry ve and W. Spawling. J. Peers and B. Maiger " took to ffraight . . .

Eng. w.&M.R. a 2 ship . . . the George of mfteene tons," to go to Falmouth or Plymouth for a

p * cargo. They took in three hundred thousand pilchards (twenty thousand to a ton)

Kuba de Cela. and made " 3 Kuba de cela " in Spain. There, it seems, they sold the fish ; and they

1 Wottes = Oats.

* This may illustrate the use of the word " ship" in the Bible. A.V.

* Kuba de cela cannot be identified in any Map of Spain accessible to the writer. But for

the mention of Walnuts one might suppose Cuba to be meant, and Spain to be used for
Spanish Colony.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. 151

took in one hundred and three thousand " orrenges " and seventy-four ^annacks of Oranges.

walnuts. These were measured by a quarter hannack, " by wood and not by heape,"

each of these containing about six hundred nuts, a heaped bushel containing eighteen

hundred. The defendants sailed without authority to Bristol, and sold some of the

cargo to the owner's damage, oranges being 10s. per thousand at Weymouth, and

only 3& 4d. at Bristol, and a similar difference as to walnuts. Great part of the

cargo they either sold for their own good, or consumed, feeding on walnuts at sea.

The merchants think themselves thereby " dampnified " to the sum of £50. The

defendants behaved equally ill with regard to a cargo of " 10 waighes of sea coales,"

each of forty-eight heaped bushels, and worth at Weymouth 30s. per waigb. Then

follows a statement of other charges against them, £19 10s. 9d. in all; e.g., for a

" quarter carde," 5s. ; for a hogshead of beer drunk out on board, 18s. Then two

more, about £23 together. S. 59. n.

Two Depositions, on one paper, of men examined as to possible hostility
towards this realm abroad. J. Harte had been two years in " Cales in Andelozia" Enquiry
(Cadiz.) He knew of nothing done there against Her Majesty or this Realm, " and so hostility,
did depose to the Othe of the Supremacie." Ric. Phellippes had also been at Cales,
having sold his " shippe " there for £6 15s. 0d., meaning to lay this money out
" about this next vintage ;" but was robbed. He deposes as above. S. 59. 12.

Deposition by R. Evens, of London, who sailed from Portland Roads, in the
barque Gallyon, of thirty tons. He left her at Plymouth, finding that the master,
G. Easte, and the crew meant to carry the vessel away from her owners. S. 59, 14.

" The Confession of Nic. du boyse agaiust the acion of the baylyffs of VI. 9. Deposi-
Waymouth," W. Ledoze and Hugh Raudall (?) ; in boarding a " Barque of the Ryver 1576 *

of Cedrw" (?), aud with threats 2 demauding duties, which had already been paid to *??$;.]} A^'***
the Mayor's Officer. They seized a sprit-sail in security for, or in lieu of, the duties.
Signed by Duboyce, O. Rayuolds, Mayor, and five others. May 3, 1576. S. 61.

Examination of W. James, alias Ledoze, who seems to have been very
rebellious. " He had spoken to as good men as [the Mayor] was." " The opinions
of the Town Judgs beinge offered to the . . . Counsell was by them toste over
the Barre." (In Endorsement) " The Mayor was no Mayor there." June 6, 1576.

S. 62.

This is noted because of a Harbour term used in it. Mr. Mayor W. Pytte, VI. o/ 1 . Feoflf-

etc, say that they " feofasse . . . and barganizasse . . .J. Feaver . . . A 19 "157^

augularem . . . peoium terre . . . iu . . . S l Elmond Streate . . . et ex Lat. W.&M.R.

Pytte Feaver.
parte occidentali cuiuss hathe ibm voc a hithe or wharfe ... ex opposito finis Hythe or

Wharf.

1 This would seem = a third of a bushel. Spelt afterwards * ' hannickes. "
1 These contentions must have driven away trade in no small degree.

152 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

. . . S* Nichas Strcate " (have feu'd and bargained to J. F. an angular piece of
ground in St. Edmund Street, and on the West of a certain " hatha " there, called
a hythe or wharf opposite the end of St. Nicholas Street.) M. ii. 19.

VI. 9 b . Bond. Bond by J. Peers for the erection, within four years, of a Stone Jetty, from

Latin & English the South of the land lately bought by him of the Corporation, and to extend

^ Tttv* towards the North and North East, " over againste the olde Juttie of the late

Borough ... of W." Penalty, £100. (He had just bought the site of the
Friary, Maiden Street, with the land behind the same, to the E., between it and the
sea. This is confirmed in an Indenture. Sept. 6, 1578. M. ii. 13.) M. i. 4.

VI. io. Order. Copy Order, signed by H. Asheley, G. Trencharde, J. Horsey, and J. Peers,

Eng. W.&M.R. Mayor. It sets forth that it is H.M. pleasure that no vessel should be rigged,
Restrictions on victualled, or made ready, except by well-known merchants or masters, or by others

who can show a warrant from the Queen, or from six of the Privy Council, allowing

Navigation them to sail on H.M. service or for " discovery of sume uewe trade." And such
Rules

persons must give security to the Admiralty for good behaviour. All going forth on

trade should have " letters testimoniall " under the Seal of the Admiralty ; or of

the Vice-Admiral of ports not under the Admiralty ; sealed also by the Mayors and

Custom Officers of the respective ports. S. 70.

VI. ii. Account In the account of Rich. Pytt during the time of his Mayoralty occur two

Eng. W.&M.R. items relating to the Harbour : —

" To Hewghe Charles for 3 boat load of stones for the Towne Key " - 7b.

To the same " for mendinge of the Keye on the other syde of the water " 3s.

S. 74.

•

VI. 12. Depo- " Coram maiore." J. Pierson and Ric. Watson, of the Godfreede, were put

Dec. 7, 1582. on hoard " the Frenchman" by the Master (owner of the G. ?) W. Pitte, and told by

Eng. W.&M.R. tne c a ptain, W. Goste, to keep her ; as he meant to take her to [South] Hampton.

In weighing anchor they intended only to keep near the G. in the Roads.

W. Goste, Capt. of the G., confesses that, having been on board a Frenchman

t'ockets. of "Deep" (Dieppe), in Portland Roads, he took away his bills of lading, " 1 cockettes"

and safe conduct under the Admiralty Seal, and showed them to " the admyrall and

Enquiry about generall of the fleet," who bade him return them. He disobeyed. Brought before

Papers etc* tne ^ a y or > ne P*" ^ 8 ^ to restore all, but did not ; being asked (he says) by the

merchants of the French ship not to give her up, as they feared a " Flossyner "
(Flushing vessel) then in the Roads.

R. Todde, Frenchman and Master of the ship in question deposes, that "he
did aske Goste to keep the said ship," and would ask to sail under convoy of the

1 Certificates of payment of duty. See Note to iii. 110.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. I53

Fleet, if bound for Southampton or Plymouth, as he feared to enter Weymouth
Haven, his ship not being "good to be agrounde." (Sigued with an elaborate
flourish.)

He again deposes that the General offered to take his ship into the Haven,
not answering for her safety in the Roads, but this T. declined for the reason
above.

Goste and his company are bound over, in £200, to appear when called, and
to keep the peace. S. 95. 2.

"This hew and cry to goe northward toward London." From Bailiffs Randall VI. 13. Hue

And Crv

and Dotherell (of Weymouth) for arrest of J. Yonge. (See below.) S. 99. 8. j an> 5 1582 (3).

English. V. "
Randall,
Dotherell.

Deposition or Mem m by Hugh Randall and W. Dotherell, Bailiffs of VI. 14. Depo-
Weymouth. " Helerie Galle," of Exeter, Merchant, came to W., Jan. 9, and "did j an .l0, 1~>32(3)
requere serten Carzeys " in the hands of the above, and claimed also by J. Yonge, of English. W.
Exeter, to whom the goods were delivered by A. Feale (?) Master of the Margaret
of " Jarzey." On the coming of Galle the packs were opened and given to him out Theft of
of the house where they had been stowed. The packs were elaborately marked, and Kersey,
two marks are given in the document. Galle put the goods (thirty-seven pieces) on
board the Margaret again. S. 99. 6.

Deposition before Mr. J. Mounsell, Mayor.

And. Feall, of Gersne (Jersey ?) Master of the boat Margaret, says that in VI. 15. Depo-
Nov., 1582, being at Exmouth, he received from Hilary Gallue, of Exeter, Merchant, j an .7l!?58:>(3)
one pack and six "ballots" of "Kerf," marked as in margin, to be taken to the Isle English,
of Gersne for Gallue and J. Lovemore. The wind being fair he sailed without Kersey
notice, whereby he had no " cognel " with him. He was driven to W. by stress of e *P™ted-
weather. Further, that being with J. Young and other Gersne merchants, J. Y.
said that he had friends here ; and, as the owners of the goods were also his friends,
those goods should be safe. Thereupon Feall delivered them to Y., who broke his
word, and in his own name put the Kersey on board the " Trust in God " for
" Sherbrouk in Normandye " (Cherbourg.)

Two sailors of the Margaret depose in accordance with the above ; one of
them, Arthur Favell, signing his name very creditably.

N. Williams says that the Kersey was laid in his kitchen and removed to
Carden Ledoze's bark.

Ledoze says that ho was to take the Kersey for Young to "Sherbroke," and
bring back a ton of goods for 50s. ; but that the goods were taken ashore again
to Hugh Randall's house, for the owner to claim. S. 95. 3.

v

154

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, 8HIPPING, AND COMMEKCE.

VI. 16. Letter.
Feb. 10, 1582(3)

English.

W. and M. R.

Pirate.

" The trew copie of the conncellers Ire to the Shi rive, etc."
T. Purser, a notorious Pirate, has infested the coast and assaulted English
and French ships near Weymouth. He took one of " Rochell," and tried to take
another. The townsmen came to the rescue, slew seven men and wonnded others,
and forced Purser to retire. He threatened the town and ships there with " spoile
and fyer." The Council therefore fall in with the townsmen's application for help
towards making a " small bullwarke " on the shore, and procuring guns and shot.
Accordingly the neighbouring inhabitants are urged to contribute. See vi. 24.

S. 90. i.
Jan. 17, 1582 (3), Raffe Rylandes confesses that he and others took a cable
left behind by Purser's prize. S. 95. x,

VI. 17. Letter.

1582 (?)

English.

W. and M. R.

Borough
impoverished.

Poole v.

W. and M. R.

Dorchester.

Moorish
Pirate*.

VI. 18. Depo-
sition or

Memorandum.
1582.

Eng. W.&M.R.

Pirates.

Swanage.

Draft Letter to the Privy Council from the Mayor. He says that in letters
of Feb. 7, the Council had ordered the Merchants and Ship-owners of W. and M. R.
to give £450 towards a Government Expedition against " those Robbers of Argier
and Tunis " — that the late Mayor pleaded the " poore estate " of the town — that it
was conceded that the town should recover the above sum by " levying of one upon
a hundred . . " " upon the goodes traded to and from this towue." Hereupon
the Dorchester Merchants have transferred their trade from Weymouth, " *not six
rnyles distant," to Poole, eighteen miles from them. Therefore it is asked that one
per cent, may be charged on them at Poole for Weymouth. The Dorchester
Merchants seem to have thought this unfair, the Poole trade being to France, that
of Weymouth to Spaine, a voyage taking four times as long as the other. On this
the duty on goods for France was ordered to be half that to Spain and the Levant.
The Mayor then complains of the poverty of the Town, four ships having been taken
by the Turks and one sunk, to the value of more than £2000, and the Spanish
trade being rather a loss than gain ; and he ends by praying that " the Spanish
trade may pay but thoue halfe of one p C." Undated. S. 90. 2.

Memorandum of information to Mr. Howardeand Mr. Mayor that J. Newman,
kinsman of Hugh Randall, has become a Pirate, and has had " to pece of ordenance
o it of Waymouth," either from J. Brocke or H. Randall — that on Juue 23 Hynton
a Pirate Captain took J. Ward's bark at and brought her to " 8 Sandewyoh

in Purbecke," removing from her two packs of canvas worth about £100, belonging

1 It is remarkable that both distances should be understated. It would be natural, though
wrong, to exaggerate the nearness of Dorchester to W., calling the distance less than six
miles, instead of eight. But that the distance to Poole should be put down as eighteen
miles, whereas as the crow flies it seems to be at least twenty-two ; and by road, round
the head of the harbour, twenty-eight, does seem odd. However it appears that
Antiquarians have observed other under-estimates of distance in old wrftirgs, and nave
half suspected that the mediieval mile was longer than the modern one.

- Swanage. It is spelt Sandwich in a Map of the present day.

CLA8S VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. 155

to J. Mounsell. The pirates cat down the gallows (1) where certain others of the

same calling had been hung at Studland. Altogether if no remedy is found " no Studlaml.

man wilbe able to travell." Undated. S. 90. &

Letter to the Privy Council, relating to the Borough Disputes, under which VI. 19. Letter,
bead it is noted (ii. 46.) But it may be referred to here also as alleging unfair English.
interference with commerce on the part of the Mayor, for the sake of private gaiu w * and M " R "
in the sale of salt. This called down on him a sharp autograpb letter from Sir
C. Hatton (ii. 47.) Sept. 3, 1583. S. 101, 102.

Receipt under (defaced) Seal of Weymouth, by the Queen's Bailiffs, for VI. 20. Receipt

Sept. 2b t 1«KM»

148. 4d., harbour dues. S. 99. 11. English. W.

This is noted under "Borough Disputes" (ii. 51); but it may be here VI. 21. Mcm-

-r, orandum.
referred to as speaking of W. Chappell having gone on board a pirate vessel at L. Oct. 1, 1583.

Lulworth " to by suger." S. 99. 13. En S- w &MR -

Relating to Disputes (ii. 55) as above ; but to be also noted here as alleging VI. 22. Depo-
usurpatiou by the Weymouth Bailiffs of the levying of Petty Customs (See vi. 20), Q ct 18 15^
and as incidentally mentioning a Custom House on Weymouth side. S. 105. Eng- W.&M.R.

J. Cowarde deposes that in Sept. he was on board the John Evangelist, of VI. 23. Depo-
Uampton, of which Matt. Beaumont of Shaston was Lieutenant. In company with Dec 7> l ^g 3
the Providence, of London, they boarded a Frenchman of about sixty tons, near the En 8- W.&M.R.
" Southe Cape." Finding only pomegranates on board they let her go. S. 95. 6. Pomegranates.

(See vi. 16.) Examination before the Mayor, of J. Hawte, Ric. Bownell, VI. 24. Depo-

sitions etc
H. Huigens, and W. Bonde. On June 8 they went on board the ship of T. Purser, j^,, 5^ 1533 (4)

Pirate, in Portland Roads, being sent by J. Wade with a French letter to Purser, . x JJJ d __ 00
' ' b J Oct. 30, lo82.

from whom they brought back an answer. They heard Purser say that if he could English,
take any ships in Weymouth Harbour he would " sett them a fyer." Then comes ' pj ra te.
a copy of Purser's letter. He says that no one ou board could read French, but
taking it to be Wade's wish to buy the ! ship, he will sell her and her cargo, except
sixteen barrels of herrings, for £100, accepting "1000 byskey and 2 toonne of bear "
in part payment. " Otherwayes he shall see her to make a brave fyer." Pinned to
this paper is a Memorandum, saying that on Oct. 30, 1582, one Pudseye and one
Ryves showed to Mr. Mayor a French Commission from the Duke of Brabant, of
March 26, for arresting the Duke's enemies. Hugh Randall asserted that on board
their ship he had seen the Council's letter concerning the matter. Also P. and R.
asserted that it was " the L of Lecester's shippe or boate ;" wherefore the Mayor
proceeded no farther in examining them. S. 100.

1 A prize, probably.
V*

156 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

VI. 25. Letter. Draft Letter to Sir F. Walsingham, from the Major, etc., apparently. This

English. * 8 an answer to a letter in which Sir F. said that he had been told that a bark of

W. and M. R. Chichester had taken the Pirate Sprage and his prize in Portland Roads. The

Pirate Vessel Mayor denies this, saying that the Chichester Captain promised help, but kept aloof.

Roads. A. Weymouth bark took the pirate vessel, and a Weymouth pinnace the prize.

Endorsed "The Copieof the Ires drawen by Arthur Cree and sent to the L. Treasurer

and Mr. Secretary. " S. 90. 4.

VI. 26. Depo- Before Mr. Hugh Randall, Mayor, and Mr. W. Welborne, Commissioner.

May 31, 1585. **• Profile, of Land wilt in Wales, sailed in the Jesus of Bristol, H. Musgrave,
Eng. W.&M.R. Master, for" Leachborne " (Lisbou), having received the Communion five days

before, and means "to doe the like." On April 1 all English, French and Flemish

ships were "staydeat Leachborne . . . and mutch communicacon was there had

Sir F. Drake, of S r ffrancs Drake his goinge to sea w th his navye of shipps." He protests that he

is a true subject. S. 119. 2.

VI. 27. Depo- By B. Delascale, Factor to Merchants of " Parise, Telowse, and Burdeaux,"

Jan. 1, 1585 (6). 0Q board the Salamander of St. Andrews. She was taken by a Flushing " fliebote,"

Eng. W.&M.R. an( j rescued by the gallion Venner, W. Venner, Gent., Master. S. 119. 3.

Rescue.

VI. 28. Letter. Copy of Letter, with fac-simile signature of Lord C. Howard, Lord High

Eng. W.&M.R. Admiral, Commander of the Fleet against the Armada, and afterwards Earl of

Nottingham. It is addressed to Fr. Hawlye, Esq., Vice- Admiral in Dorset,
Woad. requiring him to detain until further orders, such " oade " as may be brought into

port, large quantities being said to be imported into Dorset It seems to have been
t.iken by the Prince of " Condye " in his passage to Rochelle, " wiche cause the
ffrenche ambassator heere dothe verie earnestlye folio we." (See vi. 31.) S. 108.

VI. 20/. Depo- (Another of the many Documents relating to the Harbour and to Borough

Mar. 2, 1585(6) Disputes.) Mr. W. 1 Colston, of " Bristoe," Merchant, deposes as follows, before Mr.
En S% W.&M.R. j j^okett, Mayor. Going from M. R. side towards his ship in the roads, he asked

G. Moone, in Hugh Randall's house, to go on board. He leaped into a boat near W.
side quay. J. Chapell and W. Frannces followed and wished to pull him back, as
being under arrest. Moone asked the deponent and others to take him into one of
their boats, which were going to the ship, to whose crew he belonged. This was
done. Then W. Percye and five or six other W. men stoned them, and hit
" Mr. Farewell's man of Poole " in the neck. However, Mr. Colston and his party
went on and saw his ship make sail. Returning towards the s passage boat they saw

1 It is hardly necessary to note that Colston of Bristol was a name of power among Merchants

in old times.
* The ferry boat over the harbour, before a bridge was built.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. ]5f

tea or twelve persons, including " Ledosse uameing him selffe baylye of Waym th - Ledosse.

one Rich. Jurdeu goinge in a skye color gowne " and W. Sammwysse. They bade Samways. "

the deponent go to the Hall. He said that he bad not offended and would not go

except by force. W. Sammwysse, at Ledosse's summons then "caryed him into the

Halle." Ledosse sat as judge and wished the deponent to be bound over to appear.

On his refusing they consulted, and got him to promise to return to the Hall

between six and seven a.m. next day. Signed, "p me W m . Collstn."

Rich. Colston, of Bristol, and W. Hoi man, Merchants, depose as above and
add that W. Sammwysse said .that the Mayor had nothing to do with Admiralty
matters. (The Colstons are again mentioned, vi. 44.) S. 110. 1.

Deposition before the Mayor in Weymouth Hall, by W. Samwayes. He says VI. 30. Depo-
that he laid hands on Rich. Colston by command of W. Ledosse, Bailiff, for rescuing Mar ^ 1585 (6)
G. Moone, arrested under Admiralty Warrant of Bailiffs Ledosse and Gyer. En £- W.&M.R.

S. 110.2.

Copy of Answer to vi. 28. The Mayor informs Lord C. Howard that " oado " VI. 31. Letter,
brought from Rochelle has been detained, but prays that such as came " in law full E ' \v.&m.R.
trade" may be released. S. 109.

W. Moore deposes that be joined a barque, name unknown, J. Coosins VI. 32. Depo-
supposed Master, crew of twelve or fourteen, men and boys, at W. Lulworth — sailed M ar n 1585(6)
to Selsey, theuce to Rye. Here the Mayor's Deputy " had the sayles awaye," and Eng. W.&M.R.
enquiry was made by " the coission " for J. Coosins. M. left her and went to Suspected
Portsmouth, where she afterwards touched, and M. again joined, findiug ou board urates,

four French and eleven or twelve English hands. No examination of ship or crew
took place there. They sailed for " Stoodlon," where they bought bread, and from
another vessel got a hogshead of white wine, and another of claret ; and sailed for
Weymouth to " victell." S. 81. 20.

Draft Petition to Sir C. Hatton from the inhabitants of W. and M. R., VI. 33. Petition
supported by a letter from the Deputy Lieutenant and County Magistrates, and £_ w.ftM.R.
representing that " the towne beinge so slenderly puided for as it is, and being in so Borough in
danngerous a place," is likely to be forsaken. (Undated, but from W. Pit, who was **

Mayor in 1586, 7. See iv. 31.) S. 119. 1.

(Part of this Paper is noted in Class ii.) Briant Hitchins, J. Michell, and VI. 34. Depo-
others, depose that being in their bark, riding on W. side, J. Russhe, and E. Wysse Mar. 26, 1586.
demanded their boat that they might come on board. Twice they refused and were ^JJP^^^f^p 11
stoned, making an outcry for help. " And soe the Towne rose and rescued them."
£. W., of Great Yarmouth, claimed the bark. J. R. or E. W. threatened to burn
the Town. Then follows a Latin Recognizance, binding over J. R. and £. W. to

158 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

keep the peace. J. R. is designated " de pochia Ste Katherine in Loudon vibrellator

] servien8 Thome Foster cap 1 " vibrellator navis . . . Regie maiestaf voc the

The Revenge. -Revendge " (Of the parish of St Katharine, in Londou, apprentice gunner of

T. Foster, master gunner of H.M. Ship called the Revenge) S. 127.

VI. 35. Depo- (See Class ii. 64.) B. Hitchins deposes to Bailiff Ladosse, of Weymouth,

April 5, io86. exft cting " busleges " on wheat imported, and that L. denied that the Mayor had
English. W. ftny thing " to doe uppou the water." S. 119. 8-

VI. 36. Memo- Mem m , signed by Mr. Mayor Mokett, etc., that five sailors " here stayed

.luly^l "'ssb* u PP° n suspicon of piracie " have been delivered over to Mr. Jas. Bruer, " appointed
Eng. W.&M.R. f or her ma ties put service." S. 119. 13.

VI. 37. Certifi- Copy (? ) of Custom House Certificate by Ric. Clarke, and two other Customs

cate
July 13, 1586. Officers at Lyme, that Ric. Bautinge has found security for the export to Newport,

Lat. W.&M.R. Monmouthshire, of two hundred and teu quarters of malt, with some wheat and

barley, ou board the " Goddisgrace " of Wells, Norfolk. S. 119. 15.

VI. 38. Agree- Copy of Agreement as to the same cargo, between R. B. y of South Creake,

Depositions. Norfolk, of the one part, and W. Smithe, of " Bristoll," Merchant, of the other

Juty^Oand part The prices were to be, Malt, 2s. 8d., Barley, 2s. 4d., Wheat, 4a., per
Ang. 17, 1586.
Eng. W.&M.R. Norfolk bushel, of eight gallons. S. 119. 16.

Depositions before Mr. Mayor Mokett. H. Dye, Mate of the God's Grace, says

that Arthur Malby, the Master, " cryed the corne to the cuntry," Malt at 2a. 6d.,

Price of Corn. Wheat at 3s. 8d., and Barley at 2s. 4d. per bushel ; that Smith, the owner, had given

no consent to going to Weymouth ; and that Malby had " shott off a casto pece to

the prinze of a flybote." J. Cullins aud H. Dye depose that the vessel was brought

into W. because the corn " had taken heate." (See also vi. 42.) S. 119. 2a

VI. 39. Depo- Before the Mayor, etc. Nic. Abraham and J. Lambert, both of Liverpool,

^ettoons prisoners for twelve months in " Bilboe," say that they heard there that there were

July 29, " 700 ea i lies of Shippes, Gallis, Galiasses, Pynne&ses and Pattaases," and two hundred

1586. ' a,1( * e 'ghty thousand mcu, said to be for England. And they heard "one Captayne

*™£' W'*^;^- Tereticus offer one Rob. Stacy e, of Saltash, to take him from " Lissborne " to

The Armada J ' '

preparing. Waterford. S. 118. 1.

Examination of Manndel Mendisse, " born at S l Town in Portingalle," deposes, W. Mounsell

a P ortmruese

6 interpreting. He went to "Cyvillc," and thence to " S* Lucas," where he shipped

in the Unicom, of ;i Alraayne" for Flushing or Holland. She was taken "nthwarte

1 Servians — apprenti (Ch. Angl). — Ducange.

2 Doubtless Sir Ric. Orenvillc's Revenge, in which he fought the whole Spanish Fleet a night

and part of two days. See Hakluyt. She was sent by Lyme against the Armada, and
was of only sixty tons burden.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

159*

S k Aldhoms " by the Salamon, of London. He left Portugal because he favoured
" Don Antonye," which was dangerous. Also he had a brother imprisoned in
" Morowcous in Barbarye," and by help of Don A. and one " D r Nownos " he had
hoped to go and redeem him. ManndeFs " necessaries " and forty-six " peeces of
rialls of eighte " were seized by Capt Hampton, of the Salamon. At St. Lucar he
heard that there were twenty-eight ships and " gall ions," with five galleys, bound to
" Cales," and thence to " Nova Spania," mostly to join a fleet expected thence.
Certain "Carviles of Aviso " had brought news that " S r ffrances Drake " had taken
St Domingo and Carthagena. (This senteuce is scored out) He saw thirty-six or
thirty-seven ships, mostly small, fitting for Carthagena. He heard that the King of
Spain has in the " ryver of Lyssborne " three or four score ships to carry forty
thousand or fifty thousand men to England. The King is " yet lyvinge," but had
been very ill it was said. S. 118. 2.

(From the above alarm resulted several Petitions as follow) : —

(Copy.) Letter or Petition to the Privy Council from the Mayor, etc.
Whereas we have before asked for " fytte store of ordynance" etc., and help
towards making " of two platte formes " for the Town and Country, open to invasion
through " the comodious rydinge of shippinge " in Portland Roads, " we eftesoonncs
... in tremblinge fearr what may befall us for want of preventinge foren eventes,"
ask for ten or twelve guns with ammunition, and for contribution towards the
platforms, which we will maintain. (Endorsed Aug., 1586.) S. 132. l.

(Copy.) Petition to the Privy Council from the Mayor, etc. . . . "Whereas
the Roade of Portland abbuttiug upon the porte of W. and M. R." is dangerous for
landing of an enemy, " being owte of shott of her ma u 1 castells there " . . . " the
onelie remedie [is] to make two forts or platformes . . .with ordynance in the
mouthe of the same porte," which is approved by the Commissioners. A Royal
Warrant is asked for. Sept 3 (?) 1586. S. 132. 2.

(Copy.) Petition to " the L. Burghley," from J. Moket and W. Dothrell,
in the same strain as above. They say that if precautions are not taken they and
others must leave the Town. They annex a Copy of a Memorial from Sir H. Asheley,
Sir J. Horaye, and G. Trenchard, Esq., Commissioners, and eleven other Justices, to
the same effect, grounded on the Commissioners' inspection of the Weymouth coast.
(See vi. 48.) They speak of Portland Roads as " cleane out of y e daunger of shotte
of either of her sayd mat 8 castells there." The Town "beinge but poore," and
maintaining haven and " seabauks," cannot fortify without aid. (Two copies.) At
Dorchester. Sept 16, 1586. S. 133. i, 2.

The Armada
preparing.

Alarm about

the coming

Armada.

Portland Roads

Small range of

guns.

Before Mr. Mayor Mokett, etc. W. Doridge says that W. Turner put him in VI. 40. Depo-
charge of a vessel and her cargo of salt, at Rochelle. A leak caused a loss of some Ana : 3*^1586

Eng. W.&M.R.
1 Portland and Sandsfoot Castles.

IgQ CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

five quarters of salt. He landed it, but on again putting it on board, it seemed to
be ten or twelve tons short. He got an offer of eighteen crowns for seven cwt of
cork. Confirmed by others. S. 119. 17.

VI. 41. Depo- Before Mr. W. Doderell, deputy to Mr. Mayor Mokett, Jas. Codde says that

Aue.^l^isse. tnree weeks before he and three others were at W. Lul worth with a boat of mackereL

Ens. W.&M.R. \{q we nt "to the L pie re there." and saw some iron bars landed out of a small English
W. Lulworth

Pier. bark ; and he and two of his companions were employed to carry some of the bars

* mu g# ,n 8 • to the mill (as he thinks), and he set them up " against the oves." Roger Acourte,

T. Pearce aud Gilles Muttier also depose to there being six or seven score bars in the

bark, also wheat, of which three bushels were landed " as the men of warre sayed."

It was thought that the iron was bought by the miller, " in a white doblet, a lustie

youthe aud without a berde." S. 119. 19.

VI. 42. Depo- Before Mr. Mayor Mokett (See vi. 38.) H. Dye again deposes about the

Auifpand 24 corn - Smyth " a seaborde by vertue of the Couucell's Ires . . . required . . .

1586. Malbye beinge . . . master . . . (the wynde beinge franke) ... to pceede

W. and M. R. in there viadge, who denyed him flatly e." He sailed to W. instead of Newport, as

in vi. 38.

On Aug. 24 Ric. Carriugton says that T. Guddance brought to him a " virkin
The Revenge, of tallowe from the Cooke of y e 2 revendge," receiving 7s. Od. for it, which money

" W. Beare, captayne Kenricke his man" did not get S. 119. 21.

VI 43 Depo- Letter with Autograph Signature and Seal of Lord C. Howard to F. Hawley,

sitions, etc Esq., and to the Mayor. His servant, Amias Preston, has brought into W. harbour

Dec. 13, 16,1 586 a ship laden with fish, etc., but no crew, and it is doubted " whether she be of

Eng. W.&M.R. vj t j onn d e Luce or uoe." She and her cargo are to be " iuventored, pryced and

Howard. safely kept " until further orders. From the Court at Windsor. Oct 7, 1586.

S. 135.
Depositions before Fr. Hawley, Esq., Vice-Admiral of Dorset, and Mr. Deputy-
Mayor, liic. Pitt. Amyas Preston, Captain of the "Elenor" of Weymouth, on
Sept. 14, " betwixt Bayon and Viana, in Spaine," found a ship with no live creature
on board but a mastiff and a cat They found a man's corpse which they threw
1'rivatcering. overboard, and brought the ship to Weymouth. On Sept 13, Capt. Challis' pinnace

had hailed a ship to know if they were friends or foes, and to see " their bills and
briefs." From the ship were sent "two of the simplest men they had." Being bid
send their Captain and Master they said they would not, but would fight to the last
man. The ship is described as " beinge strapped cloas together w th her consort and

1 A small Pier is shown in old Prints of Lulworth Cove.

* The Revenge seems to have lain at W. for some months. See vi. 34.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

161

vice-admirall." After two or three broadsides the Vice-Admiral " unstrapped and
pntlie yealded to Cap 11 C," who carried the vessel off. The crew of the x ship taken
by Preston escaped in two pinnaces during the night of Sept. 13. She was said to be
of Passage (?) in Biscay. Other depositions to the like effect. Oct. 11, 1586. S. 137.

Memorandum of Fish lauded from Capt. Preston's prize, and divided, the
Lord Admiral having a tenth, Captains Preston and Ryman each a third of the
remainder, and the other third shared equally among " 2 thowners, vittaylers and
company" (crew.) See vi. 52. S. 145.

"A note of the praism* of a prise . . . broughte in by Almes Preston,
gent. . . . [made] by J. Wade, Ric. Brooke [aud two others] . . . indifferently
ellacted . . ." The ship and all belonging to her, apart from cargo, come to .£61 ;
the chief items being the hull (damaged) with foremast and " bowespreda " £20 ;
four anchors £16; two " mynions and four falcons" £16. She was laden with
" trayne " valued at 8s. per tun ; wet fish, at 16s. p hundred if good, 5s. if " spoled
\v th the trayne ; " and dry fish, at 9s. This paper is indented at head and foot.

S. 141.

Deposition before the Mayor, about " 3 Amys Preston."

D. Longe says that the day before P., " amongst other opprobrious wordes
by hime lette falle," charged the Mayor "w th the lye," and near the "passage boate "
said to Mr. Jones, Deputy Lieut, of Portland Castle, that the Mayor was a knave.
Mr. Jones said he was as honest as Preston " and h on ester also." Whereupon P.
struck J., and after some entanglement with his pistol, drew his dagger. J. Frost
says that P. pointed his pistol at J., who drew his dagger and then P. drew his,
crying " lette him come if he will." However no blood seems to have been shed.

S. 165. i.

Dividing the

spoil.

Lord Admiral's

Fee or Share.

Valuation of
Prize.

Guns.

Wrangle.

Before Mr. Mayor W. Pytte. J as. Whittinge, of the Gallion of W., says she
was loaded at " Dantzicke " with corn, iron, etc., for Bristol. Riding in Dover Roads,
and being " putte backe . . . with coutrarye wyndes to the Downes," W. and
Ric. 4 Colston and others came on board. Seeing the wind come to W. and N.W.,

VI. 44. Depo-
sition.
Dec. 20, 1586.

English.
W. and M. R.

Colston.

1 This seems to have been the one " strapped " to the Vice-Admiral, and the same which he
found deserted the next day.

* Seemingly the owners of the Eleanor and Capt. Ryman's ship, those who had fitted them

out, and their respective crews.

* Amys = Almes = Ames = Amyas = Amias. This was the Sir Amyas Preston who, nine

years after, did such deeds as showed him to be daring even above the Elizabethan
average. But his feats cannot be compressed into a note. How he took Santiago de L4on
and Porto Santo and Coros is written in Hakluyt. One of his vessels was called the Gift,
probably the very pinnace of that name which sailed out of our port " in warlike sorte "
in 1587 ; possibly, too, the same that long lay there as a hulk years after. See vi. 64.
4 This appearance of the Colstons to look after a vessel in the Downs, and a few months
before at W. (vi. 29), gives a great idea of their commercial activity. They sailed rather
close to the wind in their point of law, one would think.

w

Ifj2 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

they wished to go to '■ Calysse," but Whittiuge would not without License from the
Lord Admiral. They said that with goods shipped abroad they might trade to
Calais, towards which they sailed, but when " hard by " the ship was taken by
i he Flushingers. (Unfinished.) S. 119. 24.

VI. 45. Letter. Autograph Letter to the Mayor, etc., from Lord C. Howard, with Seal of Arms

Jan. 14, 1586 (7). , ,

Eng. W.&M.R. nud Garter. He speaks of some question of sale of fish in which "the towne is to

^Thanks°jor l>e f avoure d«" " I thanke you for yo r newes out of Spaine, aud pray you as occasion

news from of such matters may fale out to acquaint me therewith." (See vi. 39.) S. 121.
Spain.

VI. 46. Letter. Letter with the dashing signature. of Sir Fr. Walsingham, to the Mayor, etc.

Tf y. in 1 ituf* /™1 — —

English He hears that " ctaine sugers," etc., have come into W. port, the pre-emption of

\V. and M. R. which by Charter belongs to the Mayor, etc., whom Sir Fr. asks to make over this

Sir K. .

Walsingham. privilege to his servant, T. Myddleton, on reasonable terms of gain to the Mayor,

etc. From Greenwich. S. 123.

VI. 47. Letter. From J. Worlidge, London, to Mr. Mayor W. Pitt. Having consulted the

En ' u b** * '* Judge, Register, and "other civilians," and made search, he thinks that " in these

\V. and M. R. matters of re pry sail " the Register's " cousideracon owghte to be more thau

Fees. ordinarie" — that 2d. in the pound and other fees must be paid — also 43s. 4d. to the

Judge, Register, Marshal and Clerk, altogether. He hopes that the Mayor will "see

unto [his] preferment," as he is the Mayor's Officer, not that of the Captain, Owners,

or Victuallers. S. 124.

VI. 48. Letter. Letter from T. Howarde, J. Horsey, G. Trenchard, and J. Williams, Esqs., to

Mar. 13,1586(7) . r , r „ r _. .... . . . , ,

Eug. W.&M.R. M*"* Mayor W. Pitt, requiring him and others to meet them at two p.m. that day, at

r t U '■ Bolehaies, to advise as to the "daungerous places for landing of theuemy." They
Howarde, Hor- were to inspect the coast to Lyme next day. With small Seal of Trenchard Crest (!)
^Vilhams! 111, From 'Wolvetun. S. 125.

VI. 49. Depo- Barnard Maior and Nowell Cuttance depose that they were the owners of

Mar.18, 158()(7) certam re d «ik1 black Cotton, black "Byes" and " reddinge Cannes" taken to

Eng. W.&M.R. "Garncseyc " by J. Long, Master of the Mary, last Michaelmas. S. 165. 3.

Cuttance, Maior J J e> Jt

VI. 50. Letters From B. Maior to G. Trencharde, Esq., asking his sanction to supply "a

English. pennes" (pinnace) with victuals. Mr. T. writes from Wolveton, at the foot, to the

W. and M. R. Mayor saying that he has consulted "my Lord Marques " (see vi. 04) about such

cases, and meanwhile cannot comply. Yet, as the quantity needed is small, he leaves
it to the Mayor to arrange. With Seal as in vi. 48. S. 126.

1 This fine old house of the Treuchards remains, so does Herringstone then and now a teat of
the Williams family, both near Dorchester. Walterston, where Master Howarde lived,
is a charming old house, wonderfully well restored after a fire, but perhaps only Jacobean
in date. There are some remnants of Meloombe Horsey.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. 163

From Lord C. Howard (with Autograph Signature and good Seal) to Vice- VI. 51. Letter.
Admiral Hawley and Mr. Mayor Pitt, saying that T. Heton has bought goods taken K ng> # w.'&M.R.
at sea, " by coniission of reprisall," and brought into Weymouth, and that lie is Lord C.Howard
hereby allowed (" notwithstaudinge any restraint of shippinge ") to take them to
London r»r " Midelboroughe " for sale. From the Court at Greenwich. S. 128.

From W. Dutson and Step. Risleeden to Mr. Mayor Pitt, also in favour of VI. 52. Letter.
T. Heton, in whose difficulties about the above goods they trust to the Mayor's help English *
'* w ch we eftsoones crave." H. their u ffriend and fellow, . . . although he had W. and M. R.
not his Ips Tenths by reason that they were promised to another by our Ladies
nieanes," is high in Lord C.'s favour. From the Court at Greenwich. S. 129.

From Sir Fr. YVulsingham (with his Signature and Seal) to Mr. Mayor Pitt, VI. 53. Letter.

Mar 29 1587
saying that his servant Middleton in buying sugar, etc., brought into W. by K n g.w.&M.R!

Capt. Prowse, has been charged higher than Hyton was. S. 148. sir - E.Walsing-

ham, Prowse.

From T. Howarde, Esq., to Mr. Mayor W. Pytt, saying that Mr. l Etone has VI. 54. Letter,
complained to him, and that he will come to Melcombe next day to see justice done. English.
From Walterstone. S. 150. W.and M. R.

To the Mayor, from J. Smyth, who has " comyshons " to have a certain ship VI. SS- Letter.

a*iv £\ \ 6? f\*9

and asks for one of the " peces in the hands of the gonner " and sails, etc., in the English.

house of "Preston the ferrymau." He ends with " comendacyons ... to W.andM. R.

J J Preston.

y»/ selfe and M"- Mayoris." S. 165. 4.

" The trewe copie of the Irs . . . from y e towne to y e L. Admirall." Vice- VI. 56. Letter.
Admiral Hawley had bidden them arrest Capt. Prowse, of the " 2 Elienor," and some A En*\\& 5S ~'
of his men for piracy, and send them to " Corffe Castell." "This laste there W. and M. R.
comendable service " is spoken of, whatever it was. (See, perhaps, vi. 44.) The
order, as clashing with the Lord Admiral's, " wee did not altogether fulfill." And Admiralty
they pray the Lord Admiral to cause the Vice-Admiral to be more mindful of their re* 18 *** 1 -
aucient exemption from Admiralty jurisdiction. (Two copies.) See vi. 51 — 54.

S. 143. 2 and 149.

From Lord C. Howard, to Mr. Mayor W. Pytt, etc., approving of their dealiug VI. 57. Letter,
with Capt. Prowse (as above), and proposing a conference of counsel about Eng. W.&M.r!

exemption from Admiralty jurisdiction. S. 152. Lord C.Howard

Prowse.

1 Of course Etone, Uyton and Heton are aliases of the same man.

s Capt. Prowse seems to have succeeded Amias Preston in command of tbe Eleanor.

w*

164

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

VI. 58. Letter. Copy of a Letter from the Privy Couucil to G. Trenchard, Esq., apparently

English. addressed as Mayor of W. His having " made staye of <?ten hulkes laden with

^TJf n p^' R * v^^^ 8 /' an d brought by English ships out of their course to Spain, from (it seems)

Council. " Hheaste pts" into Portland Roads, is spoken of with praise. The victuals are to be

sold to merchants at reasonable cash prices, if the owners can be persuaded to this

Law of Nations, on "the lawes of nacons " being explained to them, viz., that in time of scarcity,

if corn comes by chance or force into any port, the prince thereof may cause the
ovners to sell it to his subjects " for redie monny." But in the present case if the
owners do not agree to the proposal they are to be let go, for fear of offending the
merchants "of theaste pts, ? ' whence so much corn comes "in this yeare of scarcity. ,:

S. 154.

VI. 59. Agree-
ment.
June 3, 1587.

English.
W. and M. R.
Pitt, Hanam,

Swayne.

l^ong Cellar.

Raynolds.

Copy of Agreement between Mr. Mayor W. Pitt, etc., of the one port, and
Lancelot, Luke and J. Raynolds, of the other part, to accept Mr. Recorder Hauam
and Mr. Swayne as Arbiters, as to title to the " key and grounde " south of the
" louge Seller," partly lyiug between this cellar and " M ria Mouusell's pyuyon." Thia
quay is to lie open and the tenants of the Long Cellar to be free from "Keyage"
there for ever. S. 155.

VI. 60. Letter.
June 9, 1587.

English.
\V. and M. R.
Sir G. Carey.

VI. 61. Letter.

July 17, 1587.

Eng. W.&M.ll.

VI. 62. Letter.

July 18, 1587.

Eng. W.ftM.R.

Sir F.

Walsingham.

VI. 63. Letter.
July 18. 1587.

English.

\V. andM. R.

Hawley,

Prowse.

Admiralty.

Copy of a Letter from Sir G. Carey to Mr. Redelstoun. He speaks of having
imprisoned G. Hexxei (?) but of releasing him at the French Ambassador's request,
and he hopes that the Mayor may not be " by so lewde affelow . . . molested."
He thanks him for news, although not good news of his " pticuler ships," and asks
for more particulars. From East " Caresbrok Castell." S. 165. 5.

From T. Howarde, Esq., to Mr. Mayor Pytt, asking him to allow J. Whetstowe
to sail, in spite of J. Wade's opposition. From Walteratone. S. 157.

From Sir Fr. Walsingham (with signature) to Mr. Mayor W. Pitt, desiring
him to examine Rob. Gregorie and Framptou, the former having complained against
the latter, who was oue of Sir Fr.'s " deputies for the customer. " S. 158.

From Fr. Hawley, Esq., Deputy Vice-Admiml of Dorset, -Purbeck excepted,
to H. Rogers, Gent., and Laurence Prowse, late Captain of the " Elenor," ordering
" nudelaied " payment to T. Inarde aud J. Arnaute, Frenchmen, for freight of the
*' S fc Victor Bonaventeur," of eighty tons, at 46s. 8d. per ton, and that the ship and
cirgo be restored. At the foot is a uote that certain men, Wall, Whytt, Well, and
Beanfield, were to pay, but refused aud said that the Captain and Crew should do so.
On the other leaf is a Copy of an Order of the Privy Council, of July 11, 1587, to
the above effect. From Theobalds. S. 159.

1 That is Holland, Denmark, and the Hanse Towns.

3 The peculiar privileges and customs of the Isle of Purbeck were very remarkable.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

165

From the Marquis of Winchester, with his Signature and (defaced) Seal, to VI. 64. Letter,
the Mayor, requiring the release of the pinnace Gifte "bounde to the seas in ' English.

warlike sorte." She " was staied " by the Mayor, but one of her crew has shown to W. and M. R.

" y Marquis of

the Marquis a license from the Lord Admiral. S. 160. Winchester.

From Vice-Admiral Hawley to the Mayor, expressing surprise that VI. 65. Letters

Aug. 5. etc.,
1587.

T. Heman (1) under warrant of arrest, still " walketh upp and downe." The Vice-
Admiral hears of other abuses, which " all drawen to a hedde " will bring down the
Council's anger, it is to be feared. In a P.S. he urges the Mayor to imprison as a
Pirate one T. Davies, alias Puttrell (1) who lately "stayed" (lay in wait?) for
Mr. Udall. From the Castle of " Corff." S. 161.

Letter from Mr. Mayor W. Pit to Mr. Doderell, in connection with the letter
above. Uudated. S. 167. 6.

English.
W. ami M. R.

Pirate.

Corfe.

By Hugh Randall, J.P., and Bailiff of W., at the instauce of J. Humell, of VI. 66. Certi-

ficate.

" 1 Hutwill within the Ry ver of Rohan," to the effect that a French " shippe " of Aug. 29, 1587.

twenty-four tons, lately " spoiled by certaine Englishmen . . . [and] having one En j[a n a a i| W '

-weanelace in her forebittes, one hatch before and one . . . abafte her mainemast,

stopped one tyde in the Roade of Way mouth." To this paper is affixed the " :l seale Bailiff of W.'s

of the Bailywik," a handsome fleur de lys. S. 162.

Seal.

Autograph Warrant from Lord C. Howard, with his Signature and Seal, to
Admiralty Officers, Mayors, etc., for the arrest of a Carvel, owners T. Alworthe, of
Bristol, and Lord GVs servant, T. Ware. She was stolen by "som lewed marynere,"
and sold to persons who with her took an " Indian prise laden w th hides, etc.," a
sliare of which, with the Carvel, is to be given to the owners, above. She had been
named " Tabatvo Pipe" by her purchasers. From Bi fleet. S. 181.

VI.67.Warrant
Oct. 9, 1593.

English.
W. and M. R.

Lord C.

Howard.

The Carvel
Tobacco Pipe.

"Coppie of artyclcs to be yealded unto touchinge admyrall Jurisdictio. J 594."

1. That the Mayor, etc., may "kepe an Admirall Courte" for deciding
" Admirall and inaryne Causes" (matters of Piracy and Reprisal excepted), and may
take fees.

2. That the inhabitants shall be free from arrest by any Admiralty Officer,
save only the High Court of Admiralty, and that for causes arising "out of the
Libties of the said towue," and even this to be by means of the Borough Officers.

3. That no Vice-Admiral of Dorset, or his Deputy, shall exercise any
jurisdiction within the Borough bounds.

1 Hauteville on the Seine ?

3 Wmdlat*

3 Thii is the only impression in these Documents of this lost Seal of the Weymouth Bailiffs.
For notice of others, see iv. 12».

VI. 68. Articles

1594.

English.

W. and M. R.

Articles about

Admiralty
Jurisdiction.

Igg CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

4. That, according to Charters, the Mayor, etc., may have all wrecks,
felons' goods, and other profits of the haven.

5. That, except by way of appeal, no cause shall be " avocated " from the
Mayor's Admiralty Court to the High Court of Admiralty.

6. That the Mayor, etc., shall obey all Warrants, etc., frum the High Court
of Admiralty in causes reserved to that Court

7. That for arresting pirates the Mayor may have a Commission from the
High Court of Admiralty.

To prevent denial of consent by the Mayor, etc, and as the grants, etc.,
above are to bear tho Great Seal of the Admiralty, so "a true counterpawne
thereof" under the Borough Seal is to be sent to the High Court of Admiralty.

& 182.

VI. 69. Letter. Draft Letter from T. Myddelton. at the request of Mr. Barfoot, to Lord

English! Buckhurat and Sir J. Fortescue, asking their support to a Petition for remission of

W. and M. R. tenths and fifteenths on* account of the cost of building a bridge and "repayringof
Bridge.

6 their have." a 187. 1.

VI. 69A Leases Trade seems to have been bad at the first of these dates, when the Petty

'^JglUh 8, 9 " Cu8tom8 were let for tt vear t0 J - White for one Peppercorn. For 1608, 9 they were

W. andM. R. let to J. Small and J. Pitt for £61. (Original Parchment Indented Leases.)
Trade bad. __ ...

M. 111. 41, 42.

VI. 7a Plea. W. Mower v S. Crosse, of Great Yarmouth. On July 31, 1610, it was agreed

Latin. that, while Grosse 2 made use of the ship 3 Mayflower, Mower should act as her

W. and M. R. Master at 30s. a month, without a Pilot, or 26s. if a Pilot should be needed : that
The Mayflower. '

Grosse employed her for two months and twenty-one days in a voyage from
Plymouth to Middleburg, where Mower had to lay out money for 4 freight
Whereupon he sues Grosse for .£10 6s. 9d. »S. 200.

VI. 71, Law J. Jurden, by his Attorney Alexander, pleads that iu Dec, 1610, he was

Dec.M6K>(?) " proprietarius Auglice Owuer " of the fifth part of three barrels, of goods not

Latin & English specified, on board the Prosperous, whence they were fraudulently taken by
W . and M. R.

W. Mynterne. S. 59. l.

1 The first Bridge was of timber, and was erected in 1597. It was injured in the sieg* in
1641, and repaired in 1651, when thirty trees from the New Forest were granted by
Parliament. In Queen Anne's reign it was rebuilt by Sir T. Hardy and the other three
Borough Members. It was again rebuilt in 1741, and also in 1770. At the latter date it
was moved seventy yards to the West, namely to the end of St. Nicholas Street. The
present Bridge was begun in 1821. — Hutchins.

* "Implicaret quandam oavem vocat the Mayflower." I m pi i care = employer. — Duoange.

3 It seems likely, to say the least of it, that this was the Mayflower of the Puritan ooJontstB.

4 " Naulum " - portorium pro trajectione. — Ducange. Perhaps it here means the charge for

shipping cargo by means of shore boats.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

167

W. M., by his Attorney W. Lockier, pleads on the other hand, that they
sailed in his bark " to the Newfoundland," thence to " Malliga," and thence to W. ;
and that he there paid £7 17s. Od., to R. Wilsheire, against whom (he seems to say)
Jurdeu's claim now lies. S. 59. 2.

The Accounts for the " Morality " of Mr. J. Bond contain items showing VI. 72.

/V^^o titles

activity in care of the Harbour, especially in bringing large stones to build or j^q jj '

repair the Jetty apparently : e.g. — £ s. d. English.

W. and M. R.

" Setting upp the bourn poule 3s. 9d. The bourne poule 8d." - 4 5 Work for th«

" Beare for the marriners to put the beanie uppon the spiudell " - 6 Harbour.

" About the Crane in y* bout " 18

" For shiers for the bout " 12

" 7 mean for hailing upp of Rockes " 048

"7 men at 8d. p day and 2 att Is. w ch weare about feching y e

Rockes" (1) 060

" ii men for wading " - -008

S. 201.

Harbour work went on in Mr. K Knight's Mayoralty : e.g. — £ s. d. VI. 73.

" Pd. my Cosen Holman for the men diett y* come to take a survey l 611 | 2 /

of the mold head " 4 English.

W. and M. R.

Other items name a " ramer for the Bridge, " 1 truse of fagots for the Work for the

lighter, " wading to lode lighter," " takinge downe the craine of the lighter," " for Harbour.
keping the boy t above watter when we could not hise out the Rockes," etc. S. 202.

In Mr. (t. Pley, junior's, Mayoralty, the accounts refer to men employed VI. 74.

"to carry clods" to build "the worke at Lookout," and "for transporting the 16 j 2 13.

watchouse" thither. Work also was goin * on on the "Peere." S. 203. English.

■■ * ~ W. and M. R.

A Parchment Assignation by Ric. Allin alias Belpitt the youuger, to VI. 7s Assig-

Ralph Wrighte and Jeremy Babbidge, of the Petty Customs, Cranage, etc., and the Q ct 20 1615.

" moyetye and halfendeale" of the profits o£ the "cornou beames and weights" of Eng. W.&M.R.
the Town. No rent is expressed. Seal gone. S. 205.

Mr. Mayor J. ltoy also furthered Harbour work, e.g. — £ s. d. VI. 76.

" 1 ower of 12 foot for the small boatt at Id. ob. p foott " - - 1 6 ^eSTl?"

" To Cornish to mend the ^ippes " 19 English.

* ™ W. and M. R.
" 2 Lcrretts to save the towue boatt from castinge awaye " - 7 4

1 From other entries it seems that these ware large pipes, or casks, for floatuag atones (the
" rockes " of \ i. 72, 3) to the Pier, as was done for Lyme Cobb.

168 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

" Moring the towne boatt behind the Towne " (i.e. off the Esplanade £ s. d.

shore) 030

" 2 c. 3 q* of wood for d° and to make trennayles at 16d. C." 3 8

" Lent of a pich pott " 6

S. 206.

VI. 77. Depo- Examination of several persons, all apparently in connection with an attempt

Nov. 5 1617. a * embarkation made by G. White, who seems to have been suspected of some crime.

English. First, R. Wareham, Geut, asked when he was at Church and when he

W. and M. R.
Examination as received the Sacrament " saith that he will not aunswer thereunto." He denies that

embarkaTiSn 6 of ,,e kuew of the de P ar ture of Mr. G. White. He takes the Oath of Allegiance.

a criminal? Then, ffrancis Powell, of Barrington, Somerset, Gent, examined, says that he was at

Church within these ten days and received the Sacrament within these twelve weeks.

After some demur he takes the Oath. T. White, Gent, does the same. So does

Weeke Oliver R. Kingston, of Weeke Oliver, Dorset, Husbandman. Raufe Lymbery and Henry

Bollhave8 Smarte, examined " touching their roweing this morning towards ^ollhayes," depose

that they were " entreated " by Mr. Raufe Wright to take him and his friend thence

Roane (Ronen.) to "the Rose w ch was goeing for Roane" from Portland Roads, but " could not

^RuTrtea^ 8 recover the B ar qiie," and so landed them at " Ringsteede." They are bound over to

appear. Then " Ralph Wright 2 deputie unto the Customer of Waymouth," being
asked by the Mayor the name of his friend, refused to tell. The watchmen depose
that they saw R. Wright, R. Wareham and the other strangers together during the
previous night. On Nov. 8, R. Smarte and R. Lymbery, re-examined, say that on
Nov. 5, " in the time of divine prayer in the forenoone," they took into their boat
at " Bolehaies " R. Wright and a " straunger unkuowen," who when first seen were
Jordan Hill, coming down "the west side of a hill called 3 Jorden ;" that they took him to be a

gentleman, and he had " his apparell of greene videl 1 a greene dublett and hose, a

Deroye colour. Jerkin of som other collo r , a ridiug cloke of deroye collo r , and a white hatt ; "

that they rowed to the Rose of Way mouth in " the Roade of Portland," but ffrancis
Sanders, her master, would not take the stranger on board ; and they then landed
him and Wright at Ringstead. They were arrested in Court. B. pp. 109 — 112.

VI. 78. Orders Orders for the maintenance of the Harbour, e.g., forbidding the throwing into

° S 161" C ° ' ]t °f re ^ use » which should be laid in "caves [or coves?] above D. Guyer His corner in

Eng. W.ftM.R. m. R. side, and the 4 hive by J. Ellys house in W. side." The breaking up of the

1 Near Preston.

2 See vi. 75.

3 Jordan Hill, East of Lodmoor.

4 Hive - - Hythe doubtless. The word Hythe is still in use near Weymouth in the tense of

an inlet and landing place. In some places it implies a Ferry, e.y. t on the Cam ; and
here, of old, it implied a Wharf, seemingly. See vi. 9*.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

169

Harbour Bed for graving ships is restricted. Gravel, etc., is "scroope ballast." A Harbour Roles
vessel called a " a crayer " is mentioned. C. p. 5

The Water Bailiff (if any) or "ffarmors of the forfeitures" connected with
the Harbour are to regulate mooring, moving and ballasting of vessels. A drag,
boat and men are to be procured for scouring the Harbour. C. pp. 8, 9.

Order for pitching the Quays, and that no carts with iron tires shall go on them,
except for goods which cannot be loaded with the Craue. Nov. 28, 1617. C. p. 9.

Freemen of the Borough, living elsewhere, and trading to the Harbour
without paying Petty Customs are to be disfranchised. Dec. 1. 1617. C. p. 10.

A ship requiring " one or both leeves [of the Drawbridge to be] drawne " is
to pay 12d. going up, nothing coming down. Every cart or wain, with iron-bound
wheels, crossing the Bridge, is to pay 4d., (the Bridge groats mentioned elsewhere?)
Dec. 1, 1617. C. p. 11.

Six Pilots appointed. No vessel to enter the Harbour without one of them ;
fee, 3s. 4d. for vessels under twenty tons, with 6d. more per five tons, for larger
vessels. Dec. 12, 1617. C. p. 12.

Ships passing
through the

Bridge.
Iron-bound

wheels.

B. pp. 125, 126. Examination of W. Knott, Christmas Peeters and others
about taking three men in a " Lirret " on board a barque in the Roads, said to be
bound for "Bristowe." June 24, 1618.

For 48. they bought for the Master of the barque a quarter of mutton, a
pound of butter, and four or five gallons of beer. For two trips to the vessel and
their trouble in shopping they received in all 2s. " It appered unto Mr. Mayor by
all coniecturall likelyhoode " that the barque was a pirate vessel. The crew were
reported to have stolen sheep on Portland.

Pp. 127 — 129. The boat's crew were bound over to appear at the Sessions.
June 27, 1618.

Examination of J. Bush and others about the above-mentioned barque.
July 11, 1618. He went with Christmas Peeters and the others in the boat from
" Waymouth Key," and " did rowe her forth uuto the Moldehead at Waymouthe's
north," and thence to the vessel in Portland Roads. They found on board Michael
Taylor, J. Taylor, Anthony Knighte, T. Pitt, Samuell Vincent, J. Roane and William
Cropp, " all w ch were of Sir Walter Rawleig his company in his late voyage," and three
Frenchmen and a French boy " of Bryhocke in Brittaine." The vessel was laden
with " Welshcoale," and was " taken away by them from the said (frenchmen aboute
the Lands End, where they did set on shoare other three (Frenchmen." Four of the
crew, armed with two muskets and four swords, landed on Portland, killed three
sheep and brought them on board. The barque then made sail and stood for
" S* Adams " and chased a vessel, but lost sight of her at night. Next day the

1 Grayer is a small sea vessel. — Bailey.

VI. 79. Exam-
ination.
June 24, 27,

and
July 18, 1618.

English.
W. andM. R.

Pirate vessel.

W. Quay.

Mole-head.

Nothe.

Taylor,
Knighte, Pitt,

Vincent,

Roane, Cropp.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Bryhocke = St.

Brieuc ?

Coal-vessel.

S*« Adams =
St. Aldhelm's.

170

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

Murlez - =

Morlaix.

Sandwich -

Swanage.

Piracy.

Klackwall.

Limehonse.

Knott, Peetera,
Cutler, Ilkins.

barque stood to the Westward, and chased another vessel of Lyme that came from
" Murlez," and would have taken her " yf their baroque's sayles had not splitt/'
The wind chopping round to the West, they weut up Channel to "Sandw * 1 Bay,"
where from a barque of Lyme they took a barrel of beer and four loaves. They
then surprised a barque of Shoreham, and took from her only half a barrel
of beer. After several unsuccessful chases they took with their boat a "Flemyuge"
of two hundred tons, laden with salt, aud took out of her a hogshead of beer, a
b.irrel of bread, a firkin of butter, aud four cheeses, and "lett her goe." Next
they took auother Flemiug, of one hundred and sixty tons, also laden with salt,
" and thereupon did quite the said ffrench barque aud three {frenchmen and boye,
giveing them victualls to serve their turne, and kepte the fflemyng and the m r and
all the men on board with them. 1 ' Meeting with a " Hoye " of Loudon, laden with
timber, they took passage in her for London, quitting the Flemish vessel, apparently
without damage. Five of their number landed at Blackwall, aud the other 6ve at
" Dickshoare," where they all supped " att the signe of the Ostridge." They then
separated ; but on the next day, Sunday,' July 1, two of them, Wynton and Wilbore,
came to Bush at Limchouse, and asked him to tell Brian Gates to send them their
clothes. Aud he says that the crew told him that they gave to the Weymouth
boat's crew a barrel of flour, two " kettelles," two " coverledds," and two shillings
" to thend they should pcure them som good fell owes." The Weymouth boatmen,
Matthew Knott, Christmas Peeters, Adam Cuttler and T. Ilkins were (on the above
deposition being heard) re-examined and adhered to their first evidence, denying
apparently all concern in procuring pirate recruits.

Jas. Bush was bouud over to appear at the next Sessions of Oyer and
Terminer. July 18, 1618. B. pp. 125—130.

VI. 8o. Table
and Orders.

1618, 23.

English.

W. and M. R.

Petty Customs.

A carefully written Table of " Petticustumes," e.g. —

Tregar.

Anchorage per ship - - 4d.

Boo mage .... 4d.

Burrs fur Mi 1st ones the 100 4d.

Cassia Fistula the sacke or chest 2d.

Cuppcs the Maunde - - 4d.

Cabiges the hundred - - Id.

Coles the Chaulder - - Id.

Cotten wooll the hundred - 4d.

l Dowlis the peece or Treager - 2d.

Goulde the ounce - - - 2d.

Horses the peece - 4d.
Undated, but probably 1618.

1 See iii. 23.

■ See vi. 82.

Leomons the thousand • - 2d.
Middermer the peece - - Id.
Muscadell «fc Maulsy the Tunn 1 2d.
Poldavis the peece - - Id.
Browne paper the 100 bundells 4d.
Playing Cardcs the grosse - 2d.
Perle the ounce - - Id.

Writing paper and cap paper

the reame - - - Jd.
-The Petty Customs equalled one

twelfth of the Kin/s Customs.

C. pp. 34—37.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. 17j

An Order that Salt, and every other imported merchandise measured by the Bushelage, etc.
bushel shall be taxed one bushel from every vessel " with noe topp or but one top
bitt," and two bushels from one with two or more tops (top-masts?) July 3, 1618.

C. p. 39.

Order for payment of about 4d. per ton " Cranage " on heavy goods laden or
unloaded in port, even when tho crane is not used. " Shumacke " occurs in the
Table of Charges. Sept. 18, 1618. C. p. 42.

At the Letting of the Petty Customs the bidding was " by increase of 20s.
or more upon efly seflall offer duringe the burninge of the Waxe candle." Mr. J. Pitt Auction by-
took them at £121 for a year. Sept. 1, 1618. C. p. 43. Candle '

Order for a charge of Id. (or ljd. if needed) per ton of shipping going to
Newfoundland this year towards costs incurred by Mr. Town Clerk Nicoll, of
Dartmouth, in getting a Privy Council Order "for reformacon of thabuses of
the new plant aeon, at Newfoundland." Jan. 18, 1618 (9). C. p. 45. "Plantation" in

Order to levy 6d. per ton of Weymouth Shipping towards £450, called for
by the Privy Council. March 5, 1618 (9). C. p. 45.

Order for outlay of £40 on repair of the " Towne boate " and Harbour.
The " Mould head aud Jetty e " to be carried on by general contribution of labour. Mole-head.
March 10, 1620(1). C. p. 71.

Order for £50 for the Mouldhead and Harbour and £30 for the Bridge, and
contribution of labour. 1621 (2). Similar Orders, p. 87, etc. C. p. 79.

Order for New Carriages for the Guns at the " North " (Nothe), and Guns on the
44 Bulworck," and for the two " Murtherers ; " and for a New Beacon. May 1 7, Nothe.

1622. C. p. 81.

Order for £5, fee for Mr. W. 1 Niell for Privy Council business " concerninge Fee.

the Lizard Lighte and the bringinge iu of the Comodities of the Baltick Seas." Lizard Light.
July 4, 1623. C. p. 88.

Order that Mr. Ric. Allin shall set out next day towards Exeter, to confer Captives at
with Mr. W. Niell about the captives in "Argier." July 7, 1623. C. p. 88. Algiers.

Order concerning the redeeming of thirteen such captives (named) at not
more than £3 a head. Sept. 3, 1623. ^ C. p. 89.

The Petty Customs were let for £139 for a year. Sept. 28, 1623. C. p. 90.

Lease by the Mayor, etc., of the one part, to Mr. H. VValtham, of the other VI. 8i. Lease.

"Ktw 9A lfilfi

part, of the Petty Customs, etc., for one year, from Michaelmas, 1618, at £70 10s. Od. E ' w.'&M.R.
Seal gone. S. 207, 8.

In the eud of a Book of Law Minutes (See iii. 91) are a few letters copied, VI. 82. Letters
partly relating to Commerce. The Lord Treasurer writes about re-adjustment of e ^J *'

Eng. W.&M.R.
1 Possibly the Dartmouth Town Clerk called Nicoll in p. 45, just above.

x*

172 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

Customs of \\\, Customs. At the foot he gives the average, or " mediam " for seven years, of
P0 Lyine. ni1 l>oole > £275 17s - 3.W. ; Weymouth, £2 157 3s. Od. ; and Lyme, £2785 13s. 0|d.
June 30, 1621.

Also a correspondence with the Mayor of Poole respecting a Government

proposal that the Customs of W., Poole, etc., should be farmed. S. 228.

Pitt. A Letter to Mr. Pitt, dated ul Laus Deo, Midleb" (Middleburg?) Signature

Bill of torn off. Mr. P.'s bill of exchange for two huudred guilders has arrived, aud live

Price^of ^lax hundred and thirty-six cwt. of flax have been bought, at six to nine stivers per lb. t

and shipped in J. Ford's bark, of \V. Mr. P. would gain eighteen guilders in one
hundred by remitting through some Loudon friend. Then comes a curious passage :
lnkell. *\ . . in these pts they doe make all there Inkell in Loomes w ch ar turned with

awheale, wherew th one man will make 12 or 15 peeces together : and yet make them
stronger and faster then people doth make them in England ... I dare assure
you that one man w ,h such aloome will make more than 12 men will doe
otherwayes." Feb. 28, 1623 (4). S. 208.

VI. 83. Depo- T. 2 Ligh, Scotsman, more thau a year ago shipped as mate on board the

Nov. 1623 and Welkin, of Dover, for Lisbon. Olf " Burleance " she was taken by "Turks of

Au *k *?' i 1( * 24 ' Argier," at which place he was sold as a slave. About eight weeks ago he was sent

VV. and M. R. to sea in a Man-of-War, a 4i Pallacre " of about eighty tons, crew tweuty-Reven Turks,

four Englishmen, himself, two Frenchmen, one " Portinghall " aud three "Almoignes."
About sixty leagues W. of Fromviana, " the shipp lyeinge ahull," the Christians rose
on the Algerines, killed ten or twelve and put the rest in the hold : then sailed for
Kugland. Three leagues from Portland a Dutch Man-of-War, the White Bear, of
Amsterdam, Capt. Johnson, surprised them, brought them iuto Portland Roads,
landed Ligh, the Englishmen, Frenchmen and Portuguese, and kept the ship and all
Bases. in her. She carried five iron guns, " 4 brasse "bases with 8 chambers of brasse

belonging " thereto, six cables, etc. Two other men depose ; one, W. ffollett, of
iiilbert Raleigh Tor-bay, speaking of an inventory iu the hands of Mr. Gilbert Raleigh. Nov. 3 and

U, 1623. R. p. 292.

J. Dauiell, of Sutton Potntz, beiug on board the Prudence, of W. aud M. R.,
in Sept., 1621, was taken with the rest of the crew by the " Turcks of "Argeer," at

1 Possibly ** Laus Deo" (Praise to God) was the name of his vessel. His note about the
Jxxmi is very remarkable. " Inkell " is tape.

* One of the other deponents calls him T. Mellin. "Ligh" should therefore be probably
"of Ligh" - Leith, possibly.

3 Base, the smallest piece of Ordnance. — Bailey. Chamber, that part of a . . . great gun
where her charge lies ; also a charge to be put in at the Breech of a Murdering Piece. —
Bailey. " Murtherera" are mentioned in these Records, t y., vi. 8; C. p. 81. It is
needless to recall Shakespeare's stage direction, "Chambers Hred off. 1 ' It is interesting
to read of breech-loaders two hundred and fifty years ago, and to note that quick firing
was ensured by two chambers belonging to each base.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. \ 73

which place they were made slaves. Eight or nine weeks ago he, eight other Moorish Pirates

Englishmen, one Frenchman and two ul Easterlings " were sent to sea iu an Algeriuc

Man-of-War, commanded by " three Hollounders," with one hundred Turks and

Moors. At sea " the company [of Europeans?] did raise a mutany ; " with success

it seems, for " thereupon they putt into Salley." Here nearly all the Turks landed

and the ship again sailed. About twenty-five leagues from Scilly a " flibotter of

Holland " met them and the captain with his crew boarded the Algerine ship,

bringing all the " flibotter's " ammunition, put the English, French and Easterlings

on board the latter vessel and left them. They sailed to England, lauding at

Minehead. He reports ten Men-of-War ready, or making ready at Sallee, for the

English coasts. The ship in which he was was intended for the Severn, to catoh

ships comiug from " Bristoll fayer," and she took one Bristol ship while he was on Bristol Fair.

board. He says that the Moors show Dutch colours, and that " the Hollanders

shall hayle such shippes as they meete wthall and they will kepe the Turcks close

untill they have gotten the advantage of them." (Altogether this evidence seems

to show that the Dutch were often leagued with the Moorish Pirates.) Aug. 16,

1624. B. p. 299.

The bark " whereof W. Langer is Master under God," having come from VI. 84. Orders

T 1 f% A

London, where the plague is, no goods shall be landed from her until thoroughly Q ct u \ \625.

aired. July 5, 1625. C. p. 102. Eng. W.&M.R.

Pestilence.
The walls of the Blockhouse are to be built up with stone, and a -Purbeck

stone platform to be made for the two guns on the ''North. " Oct. 6, 1625. C. p. 104. Nothe <Jims.

Copy of Letter from the Privy Council to Sir G. Trenchard and other VI. 85. Letter.
Justices, and to the Mayors of W. and Poole, desiring them to aid W. Pease, Navy £„„ w.&M.R.
Commissioner, hi providing two hundred and fifty men for the Navy from Dorset.
From Whitehall. S. 214.

Letter or Order from the Privy Couucil, with autograph signatures. Seal VI. 86. Letter,
gone. The King of Spain (they set forth) is planning an invasion, but it is wished E n g # w.&M.R.*
that war may be carried into his own country — that W., Poole, and other Dorset ar f wlfcn s l ,am
towns are to seud two ships. Oddly enough the blanks for tonnage and number of Ships for the
crews are not properly filled up. The ships are to have twelve guns each, nnd three * ^'

months' provisions. The complement of men is to be two to every three tons. The
Justices of the neighbourhood are to find a third of the men as musketeers, and they
are to share in the victualling. The rendezvous to be Portsmouth, and the Fleet to
sail by July 31. S. 211.

1 Men of East or North-east Germany. Sterling ~ Easterling, Germans having been employed
in the Mint in Plantagenet times.

* It is 8 1 range that Purbeck stone should be specified, so close to Portland.

174 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

VI. 87. Letters Letter or Order from the Privy Council, with autograph signatures of Lords

Aug. 3,' 1626. Marlborough, Manchester, and Bridgwater, to the Mayor, etc. As the King of Spain

kng. v\ .&M.R. intends to invade us from both bis "remote and neere dominions," and as Weymouth

feared. is weak and exposed, H.M. has ordered the Justices arouud to help to fortify the

Council. harbour and town. If the Mayor, etc., "discover . . . apparent Argument of an

Enimic " they are to fire the beacons, warn the neighbours, and also send word to

«eal. Court. From Whitehall. With Seal of Rose and Crown, with supporters. S. 212.

Hastings, Letter with autograph signatures of H. T Hastings, T. Freke, J. Brown, and

r reke Brown

Napper. ' Xathl. Napper, Esqs., to the Mayor, etc., asking for an iuterview at Dorchester, ou
Aug. 8, to carry out instructions as above. It seems that the Dorset contingent
had been reduced from three ships to two. With small Seal of Dove and Olive
Branch, oddly enough. S. 213.

VI. 88. Esti- Two Copies of Estimate for eight guns, six cwt. of powder, twenty cwt of

1626 (?) 8no *> etc * > a ^ so oue pl ft tf° rrn ^>r W. side, and one for M. R. side ; in all £200. This
Eng. W.&M.R. * ls probably in connection with the Privy Council Order of July 7, 1626. The
defences. Mayor, etc., on M. R. side offer £20 towards the above. The blank for W.
contribution is not filled up. S. 239. l, 2.

VI. 89. Letter. Apparently from the Constable of the Tower to the Mayor, asking him to

Eng. W.'&M.R. nna * out why two ships that ought long ago to have sailed from Plymouth, victualled

at W., and proceeded to Portsmouth, have been delayed. With beautiful little Seal
of Arms. S. 216.

VI. 90. Letter. From Mr. J. Watts, instructed by Vice-Admiral the Earl of Denbigh, to order

Engf W.&M.R. 8earcn f° r deserters from the Fleet. Small Seal of Arms. S. 215.

VI. 91. Letters From " Jas. Cambell " and others about a suit brought against them and

1626 (7). ' their correspondent, apparently at Roane (Rouen) for detention of a ship and cargo
W^KM R at Londoih images laid at 12000" (livres?) London. Jan. 19, 1626 (7).

From G. Pyle, " Governor," to the Mayor, apparently about tho same ease.
He speaks of trade with France, except Calais, being stopped ; also he mentions a

French Company of French Merchants in London. From Exon. Jan. 26, 1626 (7).

Company in

1 All these were names of Dorset Families. 1.— H. Hastings, Esq., second son of the Earl of
Huntingdon, died 1639, aged one hundred and ten years. King James I. made him
Forester of the New Forest, and built him a Lodge there, where he mostly lived
quite alone, surrounded by hawks and hounds. He had a fine House and Estate at
Woodlands, Dorset, but seldom lived there. (MS. of A. Ashley Cooper in the British
Museum.) Y y: 1 ; 1 > > eirjuce of his name as that of a leading Dorset Gentleman seems
inconsistent with this. 2. — Freke of Ewern Courtney. 3. — Brown of Framptoa and
Melcombe Regis. 4. — Napper of More Crichel, founder of " Nappe r's Mite** Almshouse,
Dorchester, probably.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. 175

Draft Answer on the same paper from Mr. Major Russell and others, agreeing Russell.
to join in a remoustrance, but doubting the stoppage of French trade. Jan. 31,
1626 (7). (Very black ink.) S. 221. 1, 2.

l A Parchment Royal Order for the removal and sale of the St. Lawrence, VI. 91a. Admi-
captured by Capt. Sallauova, and which has sunk in the harbour to the great Oct. 14. 1629.

obstruction of the same. Under the Great Seal of the Admiralty, which is still on „ T En 8 Il **f- „

J W. and M. R.

its parchment slip, but in an imperfect state. It bears a three-masted ship and Admiralty Seal
must have been about five inches across. M. i. 11.

Capt. Peter " Desallenove's " Receipt for £35 10s. 0d., the proceeds of the
above sale, has been found, and is now pinned on to the Order. It is dated
April 12, 1633.

From the Privy Council. There being: " infectious sickues " in Amsterdam, VI. 92. Order.

t\¥ Oil I ftOO

Rochelle, etc., already conveyed to Scilly in goods, no people or goods must be En g w.'&M.R.
admitted from Holland or France without careful enquiry, some days' quarantine, Pestilence,
and thorough airing of goods. From Whitehall. S. 226.

Whoever fires any ordnance within the Jetty head shall forfeit 20s. C. p. 113. VI. 93. Order.

A Frenchman, of " 2 Sherbroke " was fined 40s. for two shots, but had 35s. Eng. W.&M.R.
returned "because he was an alien and knew not the Constitution." June 4, 1630. Firing Guns.

C. p. 114.

The Petty Customs were let to T. Waltham for £167, for a year; apparently VI. 94. Lease.

,.... ., /iiie Sept. 28, 1630.

the highest point ever reached. C. p. llo. E ng# w.&M.R.

Petty Customs
high.

Two Prizes were encumbering the port. B. p. 357. (And remained for a VI. 95. Pre-

o • n * 1 j t • sentments.

year at least. I>. p. 366.) In Hell Lane was lying " mereni naviu Ang 00 old shipp Qct. 4, 1630.

Timber." B. p. 357. (Rendered " Shipp Planks," p. 365.) Ric. Martyn has used I*t. W.&M.R.
unlawful nets. B. p. 361. B. pp. 357, 361.

The Bridge being in decay, sixty tons of choice timber shall be bought in the VI. 96. Order.

A uk 24 1631
New Forest, or the Isle of Wight. D. Fippen to make the purchase. C. p. 118. En |* w.&M.r!

W. Martell and T. Chappell leave their ship, " The ^Blessinge," unmoored to VI. 97. Pre-
the peril of the Bridge; and others for leaving "The Dragon" likewise. (But Oct^f^l.
presentments notwithstanding they encumbered the Harbour for one or more years. I*t. W.& M.R.
The Blessing is named as a sea-going ship in vi. 99.) B. p. 370.

Three men are presented " quia vinxerunt carabos suos Aug 00 moared their
lobsters in portu." B. p. 372.

1 Seel 20.
* Cherbourg.

8 Presentments of this sort are not infrequent ; ?.</., >( after many presentments " the " Bras ill
Man" was lying neglected. Oct. 6, 1634. B. p. 387.

17U

CLASS VI. HARBOUK, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

VI. 98. Orders Mr. J. Lockier and three others are to procure lighters and hire labourers to

Oct 26 1632. work in the water, while such inhabitants "as are of ability" are to furnish men

Eng. W.&M.R. « t0 WO rke in the dry," for the cleansing of the Harbour.
Harbour Ji b

impoverished.

C. p. 121.
A house to keep the guns in is to be erected near the Blockhouse. C. p. 1 24.

VI. 99-
Accounts.
Oct. 1, 1632— groats, etc. One quarter is missing :—

Mr. J. Pitt's minutely and neatly kept Account of Petty Customs, Bridge-

£ a. d.

SeP En 2 hsh 1633 ' Total8 ' For la8t ( l uarter of 1632 58 7 4

W. and M. R.

Harbour

revenue.

List of Vessels.

— first

— third —

— 1633

29 19 11
33 16 7

£122 3 10

Most vessels seem to have been freighted by several Merchants. Customs
were paid outwards and inwards, judging from the item " entry into," as well as the
odd looking one " entry out of" such a ship. A list of the vessels trading in W.
just two hundred and fifty years ago may be interesting : —

Nonesuche.

Annboneadventer.

Blessinge.

Luke.

St. Ann.

Joane.

Harry and John.

Susan.

Clandrian.

James.

Dilligent.

Swallowc.

Rotterdam.

Evoir, of Lantragat.

Julian, of Conquet.

Mighell, of Oessant.

Sperance, of Sher-

brooke.
Sirene, of Oessant.
Bonead venter, of

-lioane.

1 N6tre Dame ?

* Rouen.

3 Havre de Grace.

* Cerf?

Supply.

Cherubin.

Sarayh.

Hoape.

Virgin.

Maregoold.

Trinety.

ffloerdeluse.

Nitingale.

Littell John, of Way-
mouth.

Tarn sin.

Isabell.

John.

ffortune.

Robert.

Peeter, of Conquet.

John, of do.

Peeter, de 3 Hable de
Grace.

Flying Harte, of

Waymouth.
Alice.
Desier.

William and John.
Prosperous.
Mermayd.
Chaldren.
Flower.
Cristian.
ffraunces.
Pellican.
King David.
Annfidelle.
Unity.
St. Paule.
Maryo, of Oessant.
Le 4 Serve, of Oessant.
Robert, of Leithe.
Ann, of Yarmouth.
Jone, of Waymouth.

& 230.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. 177

The Town Clerk is to ride to Exeter to consult with the Mayor, etc., respect- VI. 100. Order*
ing a letter from his Worship about Pirates. C. p. 126. Mar. 22, April

Mr. Bernard Mychell, now in London, is to act for the Corporation in ^ an ^i ay 27,
petitioning for a "speedy course . . . against the Turks " (Moors), in accordance English.

W And M Ri

with "a treaty att Exon . . . the last of February," (see above.) C. p. 127. Moorish Pirate*
T. Lovelesse and D. Fippenare appointed ;<1 M r Carpenters," for repairing the

part of the Bridge on W. side (C. p. 127.) F. to go to Hants for Piles. C. p. 128. Bridge.

(For want of rails many persons fell off the Bridge. Presentment, Oct. 17,

1633. B. p. 384.)

The Mayor, etc., agree to pay what D. Fippen (see above) may think needful VI. ioi. Agree-

tnent.
for timber for piles, etc., to be fetched by " Gallie," from Hants. He notes at the May 17, 1633.

foot, that he gave 20s. for a "gallie" load of timber, and got billets at 10s. a Rn ^y^Jf ,R "
thousand. S. 232. Galley.'

Dues to be paid for every vessel careened in the Harbour, from 12d. under VI. 102. Orders
thirty tons, to 3s. for those of oue hundred tous and above. C. p. 133. 1633.

Speci fictitious and order for a Town Lighter to be built by J. Damon. To be Jan. 17, Mar. 21,
thirty-three feet by fifteen feet, bottom three inch elm, sides one and a half inch oak. Feb. 19, Apr. 1,
To have a wink and d ivit, etc., for a crane and drag amidships ; fore and stern ' fag ' ~ *
sheets, the first to be " cawk-th wight," to keep men dry ; broad stern to display the w E,1 £! i !i^ R
Town Arms. Price (" great iron work excepted "), £45. (But he lost by the Town Lighter,
bargain, so June 13, 1634, the Town gave him £2 more.) C. pp. 135, 6.

A Ballast Wharf to be erected at the lower end of Hope. Dec. 4. C. p. 137.

All vessels to ballast there, freemen of the Borough paying lOd. per ton,
strangers 12d. March 31. C. p. 138.

Mr. J. Pitt having taken the Petty Customs at £159 for a year, but being
" now of soe meane estate " that he cannot find security, is released from bis
bargain, and agrees to collect the dues for the Corporation gratis. Jan. 17, 1633 (4).

C. p. 137.

The Marsh " shall be left open for the sea to cover the same as heretofore Marsh to be
. . . that by roeanes thereof the Harbour may be clensed, and that more water Tide,

may be in the same." Feb. 19, 1635 (6). (The summer feed of the Marsh was let
for £14, April 1, 1636. The plan of admitting the tide seems, however, to have
been given up on Oct. 1, 1636, ou granting a seven years' lease of the Marsh at
£19 per annum.) C. p. 152.

Trade was decreasing, the Petty Customs being let for only £100 10s. Od. for
a year, on Sept. 21, 1636. C. p. 154.

1 This and the expression elsewhere, the "Mr" of a vessel, prove, if proof is needed, that
"Mr" in the seventeenth century, and earlier, = Master not Mister. It wa* Master
Greatheart who led Christiana to the River.

Y

178 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

VI. 103. Peti- Draft Petition to the Privy Council from the Mayor, etc., of Exeter.

etc. Although the Deputy Lieutenants, etc., of Devon have addressed the Council

i ulv / ^"fv about the "Turkishe Pyrates," the Mayor, etc., are compelled also to petition

English. because lately several ships have been taken near Dartmouth, three others from " S*

Fear of Pirates ^ a H°es and Moreles " hardly escaping. Hereby merchants are " utterly dishartened,'

Morlaix. and seamen will not serve, fearing slavery under those " Mahumitans." The

Merchants of Exeter and the neighbouring ports have deputed Mr. J. Crewkerne to

wait on the Council with their Petition. July (?) 1636. S. 236. 1.

" Instructions given to Mr. J. Crewkerne for solicitation of y e Lords of

y ft Counsell." Fifteen "sayle of Turks" were off Plymouth coast, and five in the

Loss by Pirates Severn. Five vessels of Dartmouth had been attacked, and three taken ; also the

" Rose Garden," of Topsham, and several fishing boats with forty men. The
returning "Newfoundlandmen" will be in great danger. It is asked that guard
ships, with seamen in command, may ride at the " Barr-foot of Sally" (Sallee), with
" nimble ships " on the Devon and Irish coasts, and that privateers may be
commissioned. S. 236. 2.

Letter from Mr. Adam Bennett, Mayor of Exeter, to the Mayor of W. and
M. R. Supposing that Weymouth Merchants have lost ships through the Turks, and
wish to have " the Chaunell cleared of those rogues," he asks the Mayor of W. to
join in sending, and paying, Mr. Crewkerne to go to the Council. (Good writing.
Seal damaged.) July 23, 1636. S. 236. 3.

Petition about Draft Petition to the King from the Merchants and Ship-owners of Exeter,

* °° n8 Ira Plymouth, Barnstaple, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Melcombe, Lyme, etc. Besides the

" Tunnis and Argere " pirates, those of " Salleye " by the " nimbleness of their
shipps," and by the help of almost two thousand " English and Yrish captives,"
have done thousands of pounds worth of damage to the petitioners, and have almost
stopped commerce. The three hundred English ships due from Newfoundland in
Sept. and Oct. will be in great peril. Some speedy help is asked for, etc., etc. At
Tutbury, Aug. 15, 1636, His Majesty answered that the Earl of Northumberland had
orders to remedy the evil. To this another Petition is sent in reply recalling atteution
to the first one and offering to suggest a remedy. A hearing was promised. (See
below.) A Petition nearly like the first to the Right Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord
Chancellor, and a similar one to the Council. It may be noted that the proposed
guard ships for Sallee were to be of three hundred tons, and that it is again pressed
that " seamen onlye mayc be imployed " to command. S. 236, 4.

Mr Crewkerne's Letter from Mr. J. Crewkerne to the Mayor of W. and M. R. He fouud the

defence* from King at " Rufford Abbie " with only four of the Couucil, and presented the Petition
Pirates. to him and his letters to " Secretary Cook." He waited a fortnight for an answer,
on getting which he presented a second petition which was not answered till the

1 As unwilling Galley Slaves doubtless.

CLASS Vr. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

179

King arrived at Woodstock. Here " uppon Sunday before the Sermon, the Lords
sitting, I preferred your petition " to them. On Monday the King gave audience
and an answer to the second petition to him. Copies of these and of one to the
Archbishop he encloses. (As above.) After a short debate — " it could not be long
seeing the Lords sat but an houre and a halfe and had other businesses " — he was
told that the fleet should come down with the first fair wind. He told them plainly
that this might mitigate but could " not cure the disease/' He was told that no
more could be done then, and one of the Lords " told mee his Matie would not be
directed by us. Mie Lord Arch bishopp at that tyme gave excedeing good words
and at the delivering of mie petition did protest (strikeing his hands uppon his
brest) that whilst hee had breath in his bodie ho would doe his uttmost endeavor to
advance soe necessarie and consequentiall a busines . . . that within theis twelve
monethes not a Turkish shipp should be able to putt out." Mr. C. thinks the
Council in earnest, and that " if y u strike whilst the Iron is hote," applying again as
soon as " they are settled att Hampton Court," something effectual will be done.

The Patent of the Spanish Company is sealed.

(This Letter has a Seal of Arras, the same as on that from the Mayor of
Exeter.) Exeter. Sept. 8, 1636. S. 236, 5.

Propositions agreed upon at a Court held at Exeter, Sept. 21, 1636
(seemingly in compliance with the suggestions above), before the Governor,
" Consulles," and Society. —

1. — A Petition to the King, of like tenor with the former ones.

2. — Mr. Powell, of Plymouth, or other fit person, to go with Mr. Crewkerne.

3. — The Company and " out Ports " to share in costs, which seem to be £72.

4. — This cost, and that arising from opposition to the London "Spanish
Company," shall be thus assessed :

He sees the

Council and the

King,

and gives his

own opinion.

Port of Exon
Plymouth

5

3
1ST

2

3
7T

Lyme Regis, Wey-
mouth and

Wey-J s
M. R. f "

Dartmouth -
Totnes
Barnstaple -

5. — A " Comission dorment," for fitting out privateers, and pressing seamen,
to be obtained.

6. — Search to be made for ammunition intended for Barbary. S. 236. 6.

Archbishop
Laud.

Proposals for

defence against

Pirates.

In Mr. J. Pitt's accounts of Petty Customs are some items which may be VI- x °4-

Accounts,
noted, e.g., " Dorset Kersis, 23 barrel Is Samon, 5 C. Pruines, Modes Cloth, Spanish Oct., 1637, to

Sept., 1638.
Eng. W.&M.R.

Wool, Long Cottons, 32 piggs of greene porcke, val. at 201i."

A loose leaf of Memorandum of money.

S. 238. 1, 2.

Pilots on bringing ships into harbour are to cause all strangers on board to Yv^* fV /^S*
appear before the Mayor. Eug. W.&M.R.

180 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

No tl Bridport Boatcs " or other vessels may winter in the " Hold," or other
part of the Harbour, except above Bridge. C. p. 166.

y 1 - Ic6 - In Mr. Wise's account of Petty Customs may be noted, 30 gross Tobacco

Accounts. J J e

Feb. 3 t> pipes, 18 dozen " plaiue Gloues," 5 tons Fustick Wood, 1 bag " Mudor," "9 bolts

Mar ' 2 auJl (54 ° (1) Poldaraer " S. 243. 2.

Nov.25, l«40to " A note of Ireworke " seemingly for the guns, £13 17s. 2d. S. 244.

April 28, 1641. _ Al - ,« ~

May 7 to *our separate leaves of accounts of Petty Customs, from which may lie

Oct. 29, 164 j- noted, Tanner's Rynes, Spauish Wine, Coals, Currants, Carpentino, Grocerie, Rise,

Strone waters. S. 246. 1

VI. X07. Orders A Petition is to be sent to the King and Privy Council for Powder for the

aD and Ordnance, "w ch are 15 Demy Culverins and 7 Sakers, of w ch 14 are his Ma*** and 8

Sept. 24, 1641. t he Towne's." C. p. 172.

English.
W. and M. K. Mr. Hill of Dorchester had disputed Harbour Rules, and iron of his had been

DisDuSfatf t 8e * ze( * *° r duties, which he refused to pay ; unless it could be shewn that Welsh or
Duty on Iron. English iron paid duty at Bristol, Exeter, or Southampton. Mr. Haryson, Mr.

Churchey, and Mr. Fabian Hodder are to ride to those places respectively, and find

out the truth as to this. C. p. 173.

(On Dec. 4, 1646, the matter was referred to the Recorders of W. and

Dorchester, p. 193; and given against W. it seems, for on Jan. 27, 1646(7),

.£11 138. Od. was ordered to be paid to Mr. Hill, p. 194.)

VI. 108. Indict- Capt. Arthur, Collector of Customs, accused Mr. Alderman G. Churchey,

Feb. 13 and 20 8a y m 8 "that hee . . . hath coloured ^orraigner's goods," invoicing them to

1645 (6). himself when mostly for his brother who was not a freeman, thereby evading Petty
English.
W. and M. R. Customs. Mr. C. confessed this, but urged the heavy price which he had paid for

E SutS.° f ,,i8 freedoni > viz > £3 ° ; and that a " P arceI of Reddings" had been seized for the
"garrison souldiers," and never paid for. (On Sept. 2, 1646, he was fined £50,
p. 191 ; but on Aug. 27, 1649, after a seizure of goods, he compounded for
£21 10s. 0d., p. 226.) C. pp. 176, 7.

VI. 109. Orders, From a list of "foreign bought and sold goods" seized and sold maybe

etc.
May 29, etc., noticed, Branched and Tufted Holland, Coloured Incle, Breech Hooks, White

En^ish Manchester, Coloured Callicow. May 29, 1647. C. p. 196.

W. and M. R. Copv of an Order of the Commons for £1000 towards repair of the Piers

and Harbour?* and Harbour. (Another Copy in S. 245, p. 117.) The Mayor, etc., therefore order

the work to be proceeded with, with J. Lockier as Superintendent, at 6s.. 8d. a

1 Foreigners were all men not Freemen of the Borough. It seems that in every sale of
sea-borne merchandise brought to port one party must be a Freeman, otherwise the
goods were " foreign bought and sold," and forfeited to the Corporation.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. Igl

week. Jul j 22, 1647. C. p. 197. Capt. J. Lockier "brake his leg" and Ric.
Bolt succeeded him. Feb. 4, 1647 (8), p. 204.

Copy of an Order from the Central Committee for the Navy and Customs to
Capt Arthur, Collector at W., to pay £500 of the £1000 granted above. Aug. 9,

1647. C. p. 197.
In S. 245, a volume chiefly filled with Law Minutes, are copies of several

letters, etc., respecting the above. They are at the end, paged 1* etc. Letter from

the Mayor (1) to Dr. J. *Bond and the other Members for the Borough, to

44 remonstrate " the impossibility of repairing the Harbour through the decay of Decay of Trade.

trade, and asking him to beg for a grant. Undated. P. 5 a . Similar letter to Giles

2 Greene, Esq., M.P., adding that Capt. Lockier is " to sollicit" for them. Undated.

P. 5 a . Letters to both the above and to Mr. Randall, Secretary to the Committee

of the Navy, thanking them for their exertions. Undated. P. 6 a . Copy of Order

(as above) to Capt. Arthur, but for the "further sum " of £500. Sept. 6, 1647.

P. 7 a . S. 245 pp. 5 H — 7 a .

A Fine of 10s. paid for a " foreign sale," by " T. Bennet a mchant and Baron VI. no. Orders,

etc

of Hasting," is to be returned. He showed a long and curious Certificate (copied in \f ay 5 .>\ \ { -^
the Minute Book), by Royal Decree exempting Barous of the 3 Cinque Ports from 8*&\ •*• ,(i *?-
Petty Customs and Imposts of all kinds in all the Kingdom. May 5, 1648. Mar. 28, July 23,

Kj. p. ^UO. Feb. 4, 1652(3).
B. King, a "foreign" buyer of goods, thereupon seized and sold for £10, Eng.W.&M.R,

i • n i i i i * .t i i /»/»•• Baron of

being found to be " but a poor man and not able to bear the loss, £6 is given to Hastings.

him. May 24, 1648. C. p. 208. foreign Sale.

Mention of a " 4 void plott of ground lately taken in at the Jutty." May 24,

1648. C. p. 208.
The " Petty Customs " are to be called " Wharfage, Bomage," etc. Aug. 27,

1649. C. p. 226.

At a Meeting of Merchants and Mariners, at a Hall, reasons were given Opinion as to

against stopping the course of the water towards Radipole : U^Trom the

1. — "Yf the Indraught be stopped the Tide will have but little recourse in Backwater,
the Harbo r by reason that the Tide doth crosse the Bay . . from the Bill . . .

to the White North, soe that the harbu r hath only the benefit of the last halfe ebb White Not he.

1 Dr. J. Bond was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. His son Dennis waft Recorder of
W. and M. R.

* His Weymouth house was that euphoniously called " Hell," near the East end of Hell (now
softened to Helen) Lane. In London he lived in Threadneedle Street.

a The Cinque Ports were, oddly enough, seven : Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, Sandwich,
Rye, and Winohclsea, the last two having been added to the original 6ve. " Barons of
the Cinque Ports . . . are two of every of the seven towns . . . that have places iu
the Lower House." — Cowel. s.v. Baron.

4 Probably the site of the Alexandra Gardens.

182

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

Tides.

The Marsh
embanked.

Cocket.

Bridge.

Timber from
the New Forest

in the oswing (?) to fill it upp within the East and West Moones makeing full sea in
the harbo r and it being not full sea at Portland before the Moone is South-east."

2. — "The Tide comeingc out of the Bay from the Northward, crossing the
harbo r , brings in soc much wash and sand . . into the harbo r mouth, that it will
not be cleared without the Tide hath a free recourse as now it hath/'

" But twas . . . conceived that if any of the ground bee taken in there
must be the whole Channcll left in the middle and bankt of both sides, so that the
Tide must have its full recourse as far up as Radipoll . . . otherwise it will bee
the destriicon of the harbo r . ,J Sept. 3, 1649. C. p. 227.

The idea that the Marsh also should lie open to the tide for the good of the
Harbour had been given up, for the Marsh had been walled across. The wall having
been destroyed in the siege (as appears, C. p. 240), it is to be rebuilt four feet high,
backed with blue clay " thite soe as to keepe out the water," for £60. The Marsh
was then let for seven years at £14 per annum ; with liberty to crop it for three
years with anything but oats. March 28 and July 23, 1651. C. pp. 238, 240.

Goods arriving "at this port by port 1 Cockquetor Let passe" shall pay Town
duties. March 29, 1650. C. p. 230.

Constable Coven is to ride into Hants with Col. 2 Joyce, by whom and Col.
Heane a grant of thirty trees in " the late King's Forest," given to them by
Parliament, has been made for the Bridge. April 21, 1651. C. p. 239.

J. Yeatman, etc., of Fawley, near Cash moo re Castle, seamen, are to have
some help in Shipping ninety tons of timber which they have agreed to bring from
" Ely " (Ealing ]) at 6s. per ton. They are not to shorten the timbers but to saw
the short pieces [into planks ?] This was probably the timber given by the two
Colonels, above. Feb. 4, 1652 (3). C. p. 246.

VI. xxi. Pre-
sentments.
Oct. 13. 1651.

English.

W. and M. R.

Boom.

The Town is presented for not setting up a mooring post on the sand, between
the lands of Mr. Dennys and Mr. Cornish. R p. 503.

Also " for not setting upp a Boomo to be a marke . . .for shipps, etc.
eomeing into the Harbo r ." (Still not done two years later, p. 514. It was to be
at the " Jutty Head.") B. p. 504.

J. Wetwang, of Newcastle, paid 40s. for firing his guns in the Harbour, "and

C. p. 244.

VI. ii2. Fine.

June 18, 1U54. , ,, . * „

Eng. W.&M.R. £ !lve reparacon to the party es greived.

Presentment of " many banks of sand " from the Bridge to the George corner.

B. p. 525.
There was a " New Fort upon the Jutty." Oct., 1656. B. p. 532.

VI. 1x3. Pre-

Oct. 1, 1655.etc. (Also on the North side, p. 532.)
Eng. W.&M.R.
Fort on Jetty.

1 Cocket = " a scrow of parchment sealed and delivered by the officers of the custome house
to Merchants as a Warrant that their merchandize be customed." — CowelL a. v.

* Was this the Joyce to whom, when Cornet, the King surrendered ?

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. ^33

After having been kept in hand for some years, the '* Anchorage, Keyage," VI. 114. Let-
etc. (formerly Petty Customs), were now again let for j£41 10s. for a year. (They olf °26 "feo™*

had let for £167 in 1630. See vi. 94.) C. p. 257. **g. VV.W.R.

Trade low.

Strangers are to pay 2d. per ton duty on " all Portland Stones loaden here." VI. 115 Order.

r r, 9Art Jan. -23,1656(7)

C. p. JbW Kng w.&M.R.

Portland .Stone.

The fishermen have been " destroying the fry or increase of fish by reason VI. 116. Pre-

that the meashes of their nets are not so wide " as the Statute requires. (An order Q cfc 3 |g 5 jj

against "huuting notts aul other unlawful netts." Oct. 24, 1662. C. p. 282.) English.

W . and M. R.
B. p. 550. Illegal Nets.

Trade was again improving. The Petty Customs (again so called), were let VI. 117. Let-

/»n~ 1 * r>t o/»o ting of Customs

for £87 Is. for a year. C. p. 268. ,s cpt 2 8, 1660.

Col. Bulleu Reynes, "one of the late" Members for the Borough, brought T Pa '? ll 1 t ' ?*?•

J J o » o Jan.3 1,1660(1).

the King's Patent for .£100 per annum for ten years, for the repair of the Harbour; Agreement.

also a copy of the Lord Treasurer's Order for this to be paid out of the Customs. l English. " "
Col. R also presented " a Booke of all the Acts " of the late Parliament. All these W. and M. R.

Reynes.
documents seem now to be missing, but the Patent and Order are copied in the Harbour

book. Col. R. was to have all expenses repaid, and he also had the freedom of the Documents
Borough presented to him for his " extraordinary care and paines." C. p. 270.

This grant was soon acted upon. On May 17, 1661, J. Thome, Mason,
agreed to build a Jetty, fourteen feet broad, " beyond the New Fort at the end of
the old Jutty ... to the new Boome " for 2s. per " Pearch," i.e., one foot high,
fifteen feet long, and two feet broad. T. Hide was to bring stones at Is. per ton.
Among the tools " Kevills " are mentioned. C. p. 273.

One hundred pounds were borrowed from W. Sydenham, of x Winford Eagle, Sydenham.
Esq., for carrying on the Harbour work until the grant from the Customs shall come
in. Sept 27, 1661. C. p. 275.

Copy of a Royal Commission to a number of Dorset gentlemen and one or vi. 118. Con-
two others to enquire how best to further the reclamation of sea marshes. (Most of su .Jtation as to

* x Backwater.

the names have appeared before; but J. " Tregunuell of Anderson," is new as a Feb. 6, 166*2(3)

Dorset County family name, in these Records.) This project as affecting W. and \y ai ®j ^ j^

M. R. was considered at a Hall, and all, except Fabiau Hodder, agreed that to Tregunnell.

Reclamation of
embank any of the fiats between the Bridge and Had i pole would hinder the the Backwater

" indraught . . . which scowreth the harbor . . . and see destroy itt." C. p. 285. con81 ercM '

The Lighter-men fetching stones from about Bincleaves, etc., as heretofore, VI. 119. Order.

Mav 5 1665
for building the " worke in the Harbo r " as far as the Boom, shall be saved harmless Agreement.

June 23, 1665.

1 This delightful old house remains and gives his title to Lord Wynford, the present owner.

184 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

Harbour from suits if they take no stones within fifteen feet of "the full sea mark."
extension.

May 5, 1665. C. p. 293.

Two Masons agree to build a Quay " against the lands of Mr. Job. Pitt.
The Corporation are to " allow the said workemen 2s. 8d. a peeue [per day t] to bee
4 ft. in breadth and to be faced on each side. To be . . . such a hight as may
be thought fitt." June 23, 1665. B. p. 585.

VI. 120. Orders "About 100 awnes of Shirbrooke couvace . . . seized as foraigne bought

an d ' and foraigne sold by St Samwayes unto T. Randall/ 7 were released, S. being " a

Foreign Safe Townesman borne " and young and ignorant of the customs of the Town. June 23,

1665. B. p. 586.

Exemption Mr. PapiHion, of London, Merchant, claiming exemption from all Town dues,

as a Freeman of London, the Corporation will save harmless J. Heysonie, Farmer of
those dues, in levying them. May 25, 1666. C. p. 296.

VI. i2x. Order. Towards the repair of the Bridge, Piers, and Quays, a half-penny shall be

English. P a id for every horse bearing a pack or packs across the Bridge, and a farthing for
ir \? nii T*ii R eacb norse carrying fuel, etc. (without packs) ; also 2d. per ton for every vessel

Bridge Tolls.

belonging to a Freeman and entering the Port, and 4d. do., do., if belonging to a
stranger. C. p. 298.

VI. 122. From two weekly accounts it appears that work was going on at " the peere

Dec. 9 and 22, at north " (the Nothe.) S. 253. l.

Feb 1<M 6 667 (8) Amount for repair of Custom House Measures, " Charkell Hogsheds, Ooll

Eng. W.&M.R. bushells," etc. Signed Rog. Cuttance, Mayor. S. 253. %

Nothe Pier.

VI. 123. Order. Copy of Order from Sir J. Denham to the " Overseeres of his Ma* 1 * Qoares

f 1 "7 1 aaQ

Eng. W.4M.R. * a Portland" to give three hundred tons of stone to Col. Rimes (Bullen Reynes) for

fo^the'BridT the Brid 8 e > Jul y 5 > 1668 ; and c< w of CoL R -' s order for the 8ame *° tho ^J **

Reynes. etc. C. p. 308.

VI. 124. Order. In an Order mention is made of " the Harbo r or Roade comouly called the

Eng. W.'&M.R. North Rboade." C. p. 315.

VI. 125. Two weekly accounts for Quay repairs "before J. Backeller's shopp," by

:£»v C °9-27, T - Da > r - Total ^ 9 5s - 10d - Mason's wages were Is. 6d. a day, Labourer's Is.

iS??\. ^ Payment ordered by Mr. Mayor Desallenove. 8. 251. 1,2.

Eng. W.&M.R. J j j

VI. 126. Book A Folio Book of about one hundred and sixty pages, chiefly filled with Town

1668—1694. Accounts, among which are many items relating to the Harbour, of which may be

Grand Newand n ° ted ' 1685 ~ Man y items in this and other y eara abmit tbe " On* 1 " 1 Piere," also

Little Piers, the New Pier and the Little Pier in the Outer Hole.

1

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. J 85

1688. Aug. 8. Bill for the Bridge Pier £5 Bridge Pier.

1693. April 3. Paid to the Lieut, of the Frigate " Child's Play "

with G. Bagg his apprentice £3 00

S. 254.

Mr. Alderman Wall to be Treasurer for the New Bridge. C. p. 323. VI. 127. Orders

The Bridge was to be of stone and wood. Aug. 30, 1669. C. pp. 324, 5. Sept 28, 1669.

There is a list of sixty-four Trees, twenty-two to eight feet long, and twenty- Eng- W.&M.R.

four to eighteen inches square, one hundred deals not under sixteen feet long, five proposed.

hundred tons of ashlar, one hundred and fifty tons of " fillers," and fifty bushels of

" Tarras Sand." Sept. 28, 1669. Do.

Wall.

The sum of £700 to be applied for from Government for Harbour repairs; VI. 128. Orders,
and Sir Winston Churchill to be asked for £50, promised by him for the Bridge. June 7* an( i

June 7, 1672. C. p. 338. Sept. 27, 1672.

r May 21 and

The Accounts of outlay of the former grant of £1000 for the Harbour, to be July 31, 1673.

presented. Sept. 27, 1672. C. p. 340. ^English 67 *'

At this time negotiations were in hand with the "Islanders of Portlaud " W. and M. R.
about the Bridge and stone for it. Bridge.

The Endeavour, a very old vessel, to be broken up that " shee may not
further infest the Harbor with wormes and vermin." June 7, 1672. C. p. 339.

Notwithstanding all talk of a New Bridge, repair is again ordered, owing to
the structure having been " dampnified " by ships. May 21, 1673. C. p. 342.

Order that, as the middle of the Bridge is " cleane broken downe," and ns Bridge

through the wars and decay of trade, it cannot otherwise be kept up, tolls shall be damaget .
paid as follows :

For every " horse-beast, *rother beast, bull, oxe, steere, asse or mule," with Rother-beast.
some exceptions, £d.

For every cart or " slide " (horses drawing them passing free), 12d.

For each passage of a vessel requiring one or both leaves of the Drawbridge
to be raised, 12d.

With autograph signatures of Mr. Mayor Arnold de Sallenove, etc., etc. No
autograph signatures have appeared in this book since 1628; and a good deal of
change of writing is visible since that date. July 21, 1673. C. p. 382.

Complaints as to Trade were not well founded, for the Petty Customs let for Petty Customs,
as much as £109 for a year. Michaelmas, 1674. C. p. 350.

A hundred tons of Portland Stone to be got for repairing the Grand Pier, VI. 129. Orders

" which is much decayed." May 21, 1687. C. p. 392. M $ ^ 1 ^ v '

Eng. W.&M.R.
1 Cow or heifer. Rother = German, Roth = Red. Compare the Northern term, Black-cattle.
The word Rother-beast is not obsolete.

z

186

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

Precautions
against fire.

Marsh Wall.

Prohibition of mooring ships, etc., to the Bridge, whereby it has been
" gaged." Nov. 18, 1687. C. p. 396.

Ships may not be careened between the Bridge and the George Stairs ou
Melcumbe side, and the Stairs opposite Raymond's house on Weymouth side, the
buildings near being " slight and of timber and soe subject to bee fired." Nov. 24,
1687. C. p. 397.

A like precaution about heating pitch, which is not to be done on board ship, ou
any harbour stairs, or agaiust any wall withiu the Borough. Dec. 9. 1687. C p. 398.

Certain posts put up by Mr. Matt. Pitt to the hindrance of traffic on the
Quay, are to be pulled down. April 30, 1688. C. p. 399.

Goods were imported by or for Sir Beuj. Newland, a name not observed
before. April 30. 1688. C. p. 400.

The Marsh sea-wall had been destroyed through a great tempest, a thing
unknown before. The repairs had cost Mr. Theo. Townson £57, so a year and a
half's rent was forgiven him. It is strange that no damage lower down is mentioned.
March 13, 1690 (1). C. p. 413.

VI. 130.

Minutes.
1699—1724.

English.

W. and M. R.

Fordington.

Broadweaver.

Coal Trade.

New

1 )rawbridge.

Bartlett.

Boat captured

in Portland

Roads.

Ransom.

An unbound Folio Book of about five hundred pages, containing Miscellaneous
Records, some relating to the Harbour, e.g., W. Tripp, of Fordington, 1 Broadweaver,
deposes respecting a riot to prevent the export of two waggon loads of wheat to
(iuernsey. May 6, 1700. S. 259. f. 7 b .

Meters were appointed to measure the large quantities of " coles, culm or
stoue coles" arriving from Newcastle, etc. Fee 2d. per quarter. Sept. 19, 1701.

F. 29 b .

Enquiry about the theft of vanes from the " Draggn " and other vessels. A
seaman " wanted some vanes to make a sash/' Sept 19, 1701. F. 31.

Goods must not be earned from ships into the town, except by the " Bearers
or Day Attenders on the Quay," charge 2d. to 4d. per quarter according to distance.
1701. F. 33.

As a new Drawbridge has been made, all ships are to " hall through bridge "
after unlading. Dec. 1, 1701. F. 35.

J. Bartlett and others, making for Weymouth iu his boat after mackerel
fishing, were chased into Portland Roads by a large ship flying Dutch colours. The
Commander said that he was French, from le Havre do Grace, that they were
prisoners, aud that the boat must be ransomed or destroyed. Bartlett pleaded in
vain that England and France had agreed not to molest fishing boats. A ransom of
£10 u in Drapery and Hatts" was agreed ou, and a man kept as hostage until the
goods vKere brought. The Commander Cushart had lately escaped out of Hampton
(Southampton) gaol. June 21, 1708. F. 110 b .

1 The manufacture of cloth in Fordington died out only thirty or forty yean ago.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

187

Mr. Ph. Taylor, Jr., Mayor, deposes that the Officer of the "Queen's
Warehouse " refused the Mayor's "fee bushel " of salt out of a cargo. Nov. 20, 171 1.

S. 259. f. 142 b .

Mr. Bury and Mr. C. Langrish are authorized to rebuild the Bridge. May 8,
1713. F. 165.

Do., do., "to take up the end of the Bridge from the Key to the Peer of
Weymouth side," if they make a "secure passage for leading over horses" and for
foot passengers. July 1, 1711 (entry misplaced.) F. 167 b .

Jas. Fry deposes to violent resistance to Mr. P. Taylor, Collector of Customs,
and Jonathan Cook when on board the John and Thomas, on duty. Fry wished to
help them, but was pulled away by the wife of Brook, one of the assailant?.
June 11, 1717. F. 191.

Mr. W. Gleade is authorized to launch two ships now building on the " new
Key," he being bound to repair all damages. (Similar entries occur henceforward
occasionally.) March 20, 1720 (1). F. 211.

Mr. Templeman, Tide-surveyor, deposes that Greene, Master of the Dove,
was ordered to the " Mother Bank," or other quarantine station, but nevertheless
sailed into Portland Roads and went ashore. Feb. 6, 1720 (1). F. 221 b .

The " Inner Bar " is to be reported on with a view to its removal. Jan. 9,

1721 (2). This and the preceding entry are misplaced. F. 229 b .

W. 1 Betts, Esq., M.P., is authorized to set piles on the " Grass Bank," to help
the warping of ships. Sept. 24, 1722. F. 234 b .

Piles are to be driven, along from the new Jetty towards the harbour
mouth, to check the " outsett of the Tide on the north side," to keep the channel
" in a more direct course ;" and the lower part of the Jetty, now covered by
high tides, is to be raised " so as to answer 10 ft. on . . . the Bar." March 8,

1722 (3). F. 236.

W. Painter, after helping Warren Lisle, " patent searcher of the Customs "
to seize a boat load of wine and brandy that " was going to be runned ashore by
Smallmouth passage," was assaulted in the Queen's Head. Feb. 20, 1723 (4).

F. 245.

J. Loader, sent by W. T. Cooper, Collector of Customs, to act for A. Smith,
Officer at Lulworth, lately wounded by H. Hoare, saw the latter with a cask of
" runned brandy," as he believes it was. On trying to seize it he had his arm
broken. May 20, 1724. S. 259. f. 246 b . -

(A similar Minute occurs in Volume D. T. Parker, of the Customs, was
assaulted in the 2 Boot Alehouse for going there to see for " runned goods." July 3,
1728. D. p. 103.)

P. Taylor.
Fee Bushel.

Bury.

Langrish.

Bridge to be
rebuilt.

Fry.

Collector of

Customs

resisted.

Brook.

Gleade.

Templeman.
Quarantine.

Betts.

Harbour
improvements.

Smuggling.

auggn
Lisle.

Smuggling.

The Boot.

1 The first occurrence of this name in these Records, as far as has been observed.
* Still standing.

188

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

VI. 131.

Minutes.

1724-1800.

English.

W. and M. R.

Warehouse.

Grocery Ships.
Colliers.

Right to Petty
Customs lost.

Mr. E. Tucker
repaired the

Bridge.
Iron-bound

wheels.
Horse-loads.

Powder.

Petty Customs.

List of
Charters, etc.

In a small Folio Volume of " Minutes of Meetings of the Town Council," in
this Catalogue designated D, are some things relating to the Harbour ; t.g. :

A Warehouse for goods imported or for export was ordered to be built on a
shop lately occupied by Sam. Langrish, Blockinaker. Most likely this was adjoining
the George, as (p. 1 35) it seems to have been connected with Sir S. Mico's bequest,
of which the George was a chief part.

Order to take measures to remedy the inconvenieuce to " Grocery Ships ''
caused by colliers lying at the quay for two or three months sometimes. Jau. 24,
1728 (9). D. p. 115.

Mr. Templeman, on behalf of H.M. Customs, was to have a twenty-one years'
Lease of Land " on the Walls '' (?) of the Corporation, at a fine of £5 aud 5s. yearly
rent, to build a Customs' boat-house. Jan. 8, 1729 (30). D. p. 137.

The Borough seems at this time to have lost the right to Wharfage and Petty
Customs. An action to recover the same was thought of, but was delayed iu order to
sec what success Poole might have in a like action. Nov. 18, 1732. D. p. 158.

The Corporation thanked Mr. £. Tucker, Mayor, who at his own cost had
repaired the Bridge, which had been damaged by uu moored vessels. No " iron-
bound " carts, nor horses loaded with furze, etc., " with which they are compelled
to go sideways," are to cross the Bridge. Jau. 5, 1735 (6). D. p. 173.

Dispute with Christian Bergesen, Master of the St. Peter of Frederickshall.
He refused to pay 2s. per ton for ballast. An auchor was seized and he then
compromised the matter. May 17, 1736. D. p. 177.

After a long interval of silence on the subject, two barrels of powder and
five cwt. of shot are ordered for the guns. Feb. 14, 1745 (6). D. p. 217.

Copy of a Petition to the Commons for a re-adjustment of the Petty Customs
and confirmation of the Corporation's right to levy them. Feb. 12, 1747 (8).

Pp. 225, 6.

List of Documeuts given to G. Swaffield to be produced to the Commons,
apparently as evidence respecting Petty Customs ; viz., Charters of 2 El is.,
f> Henry VII., and 4 Henry VIII., Exemplification of the "Act of Union" of 13 Eli*,
three Decrees of the Exchequer, Charter of 40 Eliz., Exemplification of Verdict in
re Corporation v. Yeats, Charter of 14 James [I.], a Paper of Oct 2, 1608, a
Parchment of Feb. 14, 1608 (9), the large Book of Constitutions, Town-hall and
Justice Book, W. and M. 11. Town-hall Book, beginning 1699, do., 1724, a Book of
Borough Accounts, and Journal 1693. (Nearly or quite all these remain, except
the first) Jan. 31, 1748 (9). P. 233.

A Memorandum of the return of these Documents. May 11, 1749. P. 234.

J. Basham is to be Collector of Harbour and Ballast dues, with an allowance
of 28. in the pound, in accordance with the late Act about this matter. June 23,
1 7 t9. P. 235.

CLASS VI. HARBOUR, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. 189

A seven years' Lease of " the Royalty of Fishing in the water belonging to Lease of

Fishery,
the Corporation " to be granted to R. Jeanes, Mayor (?) June 28, 1751. P. 243.

Order to secure and sell the Blubber, etc., of a large Fish then on the sands ; Spermaceti

W hale

with precautions against fire in boiling. The Spermaceti and Oil to be put up at
£25 per tun, Blubber at £15 10s. Od. Feb. 26, 1753. D. p. 247.

" The great increase of shipping in this port of late years " obliges goods to Trade increased
be sometimes hoisted " over severall other vessells " at the Custom House Quay.
To give more room a Bridge further Westward shall replace the old one ; which
improvement J. Tucker, Esq., Alderman and M. P., offers to carry out at his own J. Tucker, Esq.
cost, the new Bridge to abut on the Wharf at the end of St. Nicholas Street. This WI Bri^^^ W
is accepted. May 23, 1769. (This offer had already been favourably considered. St. Nicholas St.
April 2, 1741. D. p. 200.) D. p. 299.

A Quay is to be erected from the site of the old Bridge at the end of
St. Thomas Street to the new Bridge. Nov. 8, 1770. D. p. 313.

Copy of Petition to the Admiralty for help against French Privateers, which Loss by French
within two months have takeu twenty vessels and more, between the Isle of Wight nva n '
and the Start, mostly withiu two leagues of Portland. Dec. 9, 1780. D. p. 353.

An Affidavit by Matt. Laugrish, who, when commanding a sloop, was taken
off Portland by the Civility, privateer, apparently English built, Captain an
Englishman, with a French Commission. L. was on board four days and saw
four more vessels taken. Dec. 9, 1780. D. p. 353.

Permission to the inhabitants near the Cove to wall it across and fill it up Cove to be tilled
at their own cost. Sept. 27,1781. D. p. 361. up '

Mr. Saunders is permitted to build a vessel " on the Wast ground near the
Meeting House. " Aug. 4, 1783. D. p. 372. Meeting House.

The slip there was to be let by the Corporation at from 7s. for vessels under
forty tons to £2 12s. 6d. for those of one hundred and fifty tons or more. May 19,
1784. D. p. 379.

Mr. J. Brett is allowed to lay Oysters above Bridge, from the S.W. corner of Brett.

Mr. Elliott's house to the N. eud of Townsend Ground, and across to the opposite ^Elliott* 8 *
shore, for three years, at 2s. 6d. rent the first year, and £1 Is. 0J. after. Jau. 3
and Feb. 7, 1785. D. pp. 387, 388.

J. Dodge and Ric. Samways do., do., for as much " of the lake above the Dodge.

Bridge as extends North from the end of the lower Rails to the mouth of Chaffey's chafeys^ake.
Bridge Lake." J. Whicker, do., do., for ten yards wide from the Bridge to the
Mouth of the Marsh Lake. March 7, 1785. D. p. 389. Marsh Lake.

The inner and outer Piers are to be repaired at a cost of £111 15s. lOd. by Piers.

Messrs. Summervall and Hamilton. Sept. 10. 1787. D. p. 415. Summervall.

The Drawbridge to be floored with four-and-a-half inch oak plauk. Feb. 6, Drawbridge.
1792. D. p. 460.

190 CLASS VI. HARBOUR, 8HIPPING, AND COMMERCE.

Puckett. Scott. Messrs. Puckett, Scott and W. Isaac may extend the Quay thirty feet into

Weston. tae Backwater, in a line with land embanked by Mr. S. Weston, and the S.W. end
Coneygar Lane, of Coneygar Lane. April 30, 1798. D. p. 522.

Guard Ship. The Admiralty to be petitioned for a Guard Ship for Portland Roads and W.

Harbour. April 30, 1798. D. p. 522.

Bridge to be A Case to be laid before the Recorder for his opinion, whether the Bridge

reP Cmmt^? the 8hould be repaired by the County. May 9, 1798. D. p. 523.

Puckett. Mr. E. Puckett was extending the Quay wall on W. side at the BallaHt

Wharf. Aug. 5. 1799. D. p. 539.

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS.

N.B.— This Class comprises the principal Notices of the Church, whether as an
Institution or as a Fabric, such Notices being either in separate Documents
or in extracts from Minute Books.

Parchment Indenture. The Seals are gone; two parchment Seal-slips VII. i. Inden-

remain. This is a Conveyance by the Mayor, etc, of M. R. of a plot of ground to Oct. 20 1543.

W. Peres, who had paid to them lis. 4d. ; this land to be his stipend as their Latin- M. R.

" Priest celebrating in the Chapel of St Mary." The plot is sixty-eight by twenty St. Mary's

feet, lies South of the Chapel, between the " perambulatoria " of the Chapel on the ape '
North, and vacant land belonging to the Town (but formerly to J. Clackabey) on the

South. It stretches towards " le gret elme " near Maiden Street on the East, and Elms,

another " gret elme " near St Mary Street on the West Oct. 20. 35 Henry VIII. K. Henry VIIL

. . . " in terra sub Xro supm capitis anglicana? ecclie et hibernice ..." (of church *
Henry VIIL on earth under Christ the supreme head of the Anglican and Irish
Church.) S. 10.

In a letter from T. Howarde, Esq., to Mr. Deputy Mayor W. Pyt he makes VII. 2. Letter.

reference to an existing unwillingness to "pay the prestes wages." (See ii. 29.) S. 88. EnSish *M R.?

Priest's Wages.
" This ludenture " is a Lease by " Emma Raynoldes and Luke her son," of VII. 3. Lease.

the one part, and " Robart Openshall," Miuister, of the other part, of a new house Testimonial.

in St. Thomas Street, for six years, at £i per annum, payable quarterly at the ,. 1 ? 83 ; r «

English. M. R.
Feasts of the Nativity, the Annunciation, the Nativity of St. John Baptist, and

St. Michael. Attached to the Lease is a Schedule of furniture let with the house.

Among the items are one " folded table boorde," two settles, and one pair of iron

dogs. The rooms mentioned are, Hall, Parlour, two Chambers, two Closets and a

Buttery. The Seal is gone. Only Luke R.'s signature appears. The document is

much decayed. S. 104.

With this may be taken a Parchment Testimonial from the Mayor, etc.,

highly praising " Robt. Openshuwe, M r of Artes, minister rightlye instituted of the Rev. R.

woorde and Sacraments of God." This is of course the same Clergyman. The ™

Testimonial is in the Borough Chest with the Charters.

192 CLASS Vll. CHURCH AFFAIRS. .

VII. 4. In Mr. Mayor Dottrell's Mayoralty Accounts are one or two Church items,

Accounts

Feb. 25, 27, e '9't Lynarde Vandargosen paid for Borough Freedom, for himself and three sons,

l^V 1! ^ 8 *' an( * a * 80 ^ 8 * " t°warde tne Chapell ; " Edmond Chowne " chorchewarden at

W. andM. R. Rodypoll " paid for his own Freedom 40s., of which 30s. were struck off for outlay

Melcombe by n j m a t Radipole, and 10s. were bestowed on the " bordynge," etc., at Melcombe
Chapel. _

Chapel. S. 166.

VII. 5. Memo- "A Note of twelve (13) paps touchingo the Paryshe Churchc &c. . . .

1604. An 1604." Of these only numbers 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 remain, as follow. S. 189. 6.

English. M. R.

VII. «j\ Mem- (After the supposed completion of this Section of this Catalogue other papers

Undated. 1604? °f * ne 8e * above mentioned have come to light, and are here noticed. The papers

English. M.R. are now p ] ace( j w ^ n £ ne others of the set in the Sherren Collection.)
Papers lately r '

found. " Motives . . .for the translatinge of the pishe Churche of Radipoll unto

the^ariS? Melcombe Reg?."
Church. 1. R. Church is one mile and a half off.

2. It cannot contain one sixth of the Parishioners. Further in time of
pestilence danger may arise " by carrying of the contagious dead bodyes see farr."

3. While the people of M. R. are absent at R. Church great danger and
harm may arise by houses or ships taking fire, or ships leaving moorings and
damaging themselves or the " newe bridge . . . w 6 * 1 cost . . . neere upon

Cost of Bridge. 10001." Also there is great risk to houses and ships, at such times, from "the
Fear of Pirates, forrein Ennemy or by Rovers . . ." (This their forefathers had experienced.)

4. The people of M. R. are willing to build a Church there large enough to
receive the whole population, " soe as itt may bee made the pishe Church," the
'patronage remaining unchanged.

To the possible objection or question that if the Parson lives in M. R. who is
to " reade sfvyce " at Radipole, and who is to pay for a house in M. R.? it is answered
that the present Parson has been there twenty years, has grown rich thereby, so that
lie "doth dayly purchas livinge" (property) ; and thus he may easily serve both cures;
or he may keep School in M. R. and so make 2 forty marks a year, which would pay
house-rent and maintain a " suffycyent Reder ; " or he may keep .£40 out of the
tithes and pay a Reader with the remainder.

(No. 1.) (Placed with S. 189, numbered 6*.)

VII. 5 b . Act of A Copy of an Act for transferring the Parish Church from Albernant to

Parliament.
Undated. Kenoyll Eluett, Carmarthenshire, quoted doubtless as a parallel case.

in n irn 8 a nt ( No - 2 ) (Placed with S. 189, numbered 6\)

Albernant

1 Endorsed as approved by Sir Fr. Hastings if not tending to disinherit his son. See vii. 6.

2 About twenty years before, the Rev. R. Openshall paid £4 a year for a partly furnished

house. This rent would leave about £22 a year for the Reader's salary, a mark being =
13s. 4d.

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS.

19a

"The bill for apshe church in raelcombe allowed by x Sr flrances hastinges . . ."
Whereas Rod i poll Church in the Diocese of 2 Bristol is one mile and a half
from Melcombe and cannot contain one sixth of the parishioners, and whereas in
M. R. there is " one little Chapell of Ease " not able to contain more than one half
of them ; and as they are on the " mayne sea," and so exposed to damage to houses
and ships from pirates and in other ways while they are at Radipole Church, there-
fore it is enacted that they may at their own cost build a Church " where the saide
nowe chappell standeth " and on ground near, fit to receive all parishioners of
Radipole ; and of the waste N. and S. of the Chapel to make a Churchyard, buying
more land if needed. This to be " the pochiall Church of Rodipoll," and the old
R. Church to be a Chapel of Ease, but with " efly . . . pchiall Righte to be done"
in it bv the Parson or a Curate. And the Patrons of the old Church shall have the
same rights in the new one. And a " 3 raansion house," etc., now belonging to
Mr. T. Barefoote, Mayor, in East Street, between it aud the " mayne sea," shall be
the Parsonage. (No. 3.) S. 189. 2.

VII. 6. Bill.

1604 (?)
English. M. R.
M. R. Chapel to

become the

Parish Church,

and Radipole

Church a
Chapel of Ease.

M. R.

Parsonage.

" The townes testy mouye and answeres to y e 4 psones by 11."
I. - The Chapel on the site of the " 5 nowe newe built " Parish Church was
used above sixty years, and before the " dissolucon of Abbeys," and there was a
" ffont stone " there, which is there still, and Baptism and other rites were
administered in that Chapel. B. Maior, now living, was married there forty-three
years ago.

2. The Parsons of Radipole officiated in this Chapel, at their own charge
until the inhabitants, on account of the " insufficiencie " of the Parsons, began to
"reteine a preacher . . . w ch charge they are not able to continue."

3. The premises in M. R are ninety-four feet long, the house fit for a
" greater howshould then the nowe jpson hath," and is " more dryer " than Radipole
Parsonage ; and " the backside and garden are of a reasonable bignes consideringe
it is in a Towne."

4. There is no need to keep two households, as the Churches are not very
far apart. As to income, the inhabitants of M. R. will allow £30 per annum,
besides his " c tem|>all livinge " worth £20 per annum, bought by him during his
incumbency.

VII. 7.

Answers.

1605 (?)

English. M.R.

Answers to

Objections.

Font.

M. R. Chapel

served by the

Parsons of

Radipole.

1 Sir F. Hastings was probably Lord of the Manor and Patron of Radipole. See iv. 81.

* Dorset was in the Diocese of Bristol up to 1837.

* The house and premises now occupied by Messrs. Robens and Mace are on the same site.
4 His name was James Mar well, vii. 8.

' Qf this Church probably the only relics are two turned oak pillars, now serving as gate-posts
at a yard in Wyke, and a weather cock on the Star Inn.

* This, of course, means land bought by him as his private property, and there is land at

Radipole called " MarwelTs " now.

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j 94 CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS.

5. He was told of the " Towne's purpose."

6. The inhabitants have been at " great charge " in building the Church ;
and, except as to burials and " the convenient Roome and place ... to sitt in,"
will be no better off [unless their wishes are carried out] (No. 4.)

Signed by W. 1 Waltham, Mayor, and fourteen others. S. 189. 3*

VII. 8. Evi- " Testymonyall of the use of the Chappell in M. R. by severall psons . . .

{ft* of Rodypoll."

English.^ M. R. 1. Mr. Simon Bell, sometime Prior of the Fryarie of M. R., above sixty

years ago was Parson and so continued until his death, and without extra salary did
Maior. Allin. duty in the Chapel. Testified by B. Maior and B. Allin.
Rectors. 2. After him came Mr. Bushe and did likewise. Testified by the same.

3. Next came Mr. Kenham do. do.

4. — — — 2 Laurence, Chaplain to the Lord Mountjoy, and did
likewise. Testified by the same and others.

5. Next came Mr. J as. Marwell, now Parson. He being "insufficient to
preach," they engaged a Preacher, but cannot continue this. So they procured the
Act transferring the Parish Church, and at " almost not undergoeable 8 charges "

New Church, built a new Church " able to receive the whole pishe." Testified by all fifteen

signatories. (No. 5.) S. 189. 4-

VII. 9. Objec- " 4 The psons objections and answeres to the same."

^uSr m° *" ^ ne ^ ua P e * * n ^* ^" was built within the last thirty-two years.

English. M. R. Answer, Service has been performed in the Chapel of M. R. for more than

Objections and . . .
Answers about * lxt y y ears -

transfer of 2. The inhabitants have always provided " a st\ T pendarye mynyster and

Rectory.

preacher."

Answer. The Parsons of " Rodypoll " have from time to time officiated, e.g. 9

" this man's fidycessor," without auy payment beyond the usual tithes.

3. The parson " hath an anntyentt house . . . and glebelands."
Answer. He might retain these.

4. The house in M. R. is iusufficient, the whole premises being only sixty
by thirty feet ; and also " unholsome and beaten with every storme wheu the wynd
is att sea."

1 He was Mayor 1605, 6. See v. 31.
9 See iv. 83.

8 Denis Bond, Esq. (MS. Chronology) says that his father gave £40 towards the Church. —
History of Dorset (1863), ii. 442.

4 The substance of this paper is much the same as that of vii. 7 & 8.

5 See vii. 1.

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS. J 95.

Answer. The house, etc., contain ninety-four feet in length, being more than
many of the best houses in the Town. It is of stone, " covered with slatte," and
able to receive a larger family than the Minister's; and is as near to the new Church
as Radipole Parsonage is to the old Church.

5. The living cannot keep two households, which was not pointed out at the
making of the last Act of Parliament.

Answer. There is no need for two households. The Parson may still live at
Radipole and serve M. R. Church, as his predecessors did with "less profittes." The
Committee did consider this point, and a house worth £i per annum was assigned
to the Minister.

6. The Parson was not called to the making of the Act.

Answer. He was told long before, and " fell into greatt Rage." He was in
London before the "bill for the church " passed the Lords.

7. The Parson asked for £20 a year towards keeping a Curate.

Answer. " The tythes and profittes of the Towne is a suffycyent stypend to
mayntayne as able a curatt as himselfe." The Parson has bought, out of the living,
property worth about £30 per annum. He should be ashamed — "yf he were nott
past yt." (No. 8.) S. 58. 1.

" The Comyttyes names for the psou of Rodypoll his byll." This Committee VII. 10. Mem-

of the House of Commons consisted of twenty-three members. Of these Sir YQ05 n\

J. Williams and Sir Jerome Horsey were of Dorset doubtless, and Sir Fr. Hastings English. M. R.

Wentworth.
also. Of the others, Mr. Wentworth was probably the future Earl of Strafford. Committee of

They were to meet in the Middle Temple Hall. (No. 9.) S. 189. 5. tommo°™ res-

pecting transfer
of Rectory.

"Notes touchinge the byll for a churche in M. R." These are much the VII. 10*. Notes

Undated,
same as the " Motives " in vii. 5 . A rather severe remark closes this paper. The 1605 (?)

writer observes that whereas during the twenty years of his incumbency the Rector ^vJ! u ^

had grown rich and bought property, the inhabitants ("through the unsuffycyencye Chaplain or

of the j>son") had been obliged to pay another Clergyman to preach. (No. 12.)

(Placed with S. 189, numbered 10*.)

Lecturer.

In the Accounts of Mr. J. Mokett, third time Mayor, we find £29 spent on VII. 11.

the Church. . S. 197. jg^ g

Eng. W.&M.R.

In the Accounts of Mr. R. Knight, Mayor, we find : — VII. 12.

" For my allowance for keping of the lectur ..." - - £10 i i611, U ?2?"

Eng. w!&M.R.

In the Folio Vol. of Constitutions (See iv. 41), p. 10, appears a Constitution VII. 13. Con~
that there shall be " pcured and reteined . . . a . . . preacher of Gods woord

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196

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS.

1617, 18.

English.

W. and M. R.

Lecturer

elected.

Hall.

Williams.

to be lectorer . . . w th iu this Borough . . . and Preacher of this Corporacon
. . . and that [he] shall bee allowed . . . xxl. p Ann." Dec 1, 1617.

In p. 23 is the heading for a List of Subscribers towards the " meintaynanoe
of a Lectorer to bee poured from Oxford for this Corporacon." The Lecturer was to
have ,£20 per annum, and the rest of the money to be given to such Preachers as
should be approved by the Mayor, etc. Feb. 6, 1617 (8).

In p. 25 are Minutes of a Meeting to choose a Lecturer. Mr. J. Ball and
Mr. Williams were candidates. When " itt was put to voyces " seven or eight left
the Hall. Of the remaining seventeen or eighteen, thirteen voted for Mr. Ball,
Mr. Williams getting only one vote, and several not voting at all. May 8, 1618.

C. pp. 10, 23, 25.

VII. 14. Order. Order for better observance of "the Lord's holy Saboath," and better

Eng. NV.&M.R. performance of wdrship; to which euds Shoemakers, Butchers, etc., are forbidden to

Sunday ge y ou ^ a j. ^ un der penalty of 12d., except in cases of necessity, to be decided

observance. •" r j > 1 j*

about by the Mayor and one or both Bailiffs. C. p. 53.

VII. 15. Order. Order to pay <£20 towards building " Waymouthe Chaple" and the same

Engf W.&M.R. towards Melcombe Church. C. p. 72.

W. Chapel.
M. R. Church.

In Folio Vol. B. (See iii. 35) appears the following : —

Constable Keeche deposes that he found in the unlicensed house of Widow
English. ^oweracres Mr. Ric. 2 Marwell and others between eight and nine p.m., and bid them

VII. 16. Depo-
sition.
Dec. 22, 1621.

»gl
W. and M. R.
Bad conduct of go home quickly. Then after nine p.m. Mr. Bailiff Pitt called him aud the Watchmen

Marwell " to &° to tne 8ame nouse > as there were people still there. Mr. Marwell opposed the
Bailiff, who had him and Ric. Champion arrested, the hitter having refused to leave
the house. Mr. Russell became surety for Mr. Marwell, who was discharged, after
calling Kccch " Loggerhed, Boytlehedd and . . . other opprobrious names." He
ulso swore at the Bailiff. Others depose to the same effect, adding that Mr. M.
called the Bailiff " Puritane ; " and that ho " thrust [him] in the Bosom onoe. w
Dec. 22, 1621. B. p. 231.

1 She was presented for keeping an unlicensed public house. Sept. 30, 1622.

2 This was the Rector of Radipole, or rather Melcombe, successor to the Rev. James M. t

mentioned in vii. 8. It is but just that against the unfavourable notices of the two
Rectors Marwell should he set (for what it is worth) the fact that they were not without
care and method in at least some of their duties. In Radipole Parish Register are minute
directions for the Perambulation of the Bounds ; with a note, " Psal. fit to bee song in
the perambulation ; viii. lxv. civ." These directions were written by the Rev. James,
and copied into the Register by the Rev. Richard Marwell. See iv. 83. — Hutchina
(1863), ii. 483.

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS. 197

Order to pay .£30 towards building W. Chapel, and .£30 for finishing M. R. VII. 17. Order.

Church. (Also £20 more towards making W. Chapel a free Chapel of ease. Jan. 24, Eng W &M R.

1625 (6).) C. p. 104. ^VSftfc.

In Presentments one or two slight notices of the way to W. Chapel occur, VII. 18. Pre-

e.g., p. 351 " Le Chapplestayers " are mentioned. Oct 3, 1628 ; in p. 35G complaint jgog

is made " vie ad Ecclesiam " (of the way to the Church.) Oct 12, 1628. (In p. 377, Lafc [°- ,) v -

a year or two later, Nic. Maior is complained of for having put " ffenestras suas Churchway.
ultra parietes in Ecclesioe via que est valde perangusta " (his wiudows beyond the
walls in the Church way which is extremely narrow.) These were bay windows
doubtless.) B. pp. 351, 6, 377.

As long as Mr. Ric. Marwell, Parson of Radipole, lives in his present house VII. 19. Order.

in M. R. he is to receive for the rent of it j£4 per annum out of the rent of the shop jw' w.'&M.R.

under the Town-hall, and that of the Custom House. C. p. 110. n Hou * e *° r ***

r Rev. R. Marwell

The Stable " Ric. Marwell ClTci " (of R M. Clerk), is mentioned as in the VII. 20. Mem-
Borough. B. p. 380. Sept ra 30, U 1633.

Lat. W.& M.R.

J. Fryer, Glazier, " being a foreigner," is to have leave to keep shop and VII. 21. Order.

exercise his trade, if he will forthwith "amend the Church wyndowes in M. R.," and E ng w'.&M.R.

keep them in repair as long as he trades here. C. p. 140. Repair of M. R.

windows.

" Concerning the ^overuo™ pposall about takeing downe the timber of part VII. 22. Re-
monstrance,

of the Chappell. The Maior, etc., doe humbly conceive itt fitt that the timber j u \y 3 t 1^45.

should remaine and that it should be cov*ed ;" and, as damaged in the siege, that the xir cl M R

State should pay two thirds, and the people of W. one third, of the cost of covering W. Chapel.

it. S. 245. p. 12.

Copy Petition from the Mayor, etc., to Parliament, setting forth that W. and VII. 23. Peti-

M.R. are without a settled Minister or maintenance for one. Before the wars the j an 9 leiwc)

Parson of Radipole officiated both there au 1 in M. R., having the R. tithes (£80 per En S- W.&M.R.

annum), "and 3 y° Easter booke there." W. is in Wyke Parish, and the tithes of the without a

former small. The Borough suffered much in the late siege by the Royalists, and Parish Mini8ter

cannot maintain a Minister. They much wish to engage Mr. Peter I nee. (A I nee.
similar one to the Committee of Dorset). S. 245. p. 48.

Copy of Petition like tho above, but adding that W. Chapel, heretofore served VII. 24. Peti-

by the Parson of Wyke, has been and is turned into a fort, aud was in great part nijj C

Kng. W.&M.R.

1 That is, not a Freeman of the Borough.

* This lay dictator of the Church Militant was named Sydenham.
3 The Roll of Easter Offerings probably.

198 CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS.

W. Chapel for- demolished in the late siege by the Royalists, so that repairs would cost £1000.
merlv served V>v
the Parson of The Petitioners ask that it may be restored. They praise Mr. P. Inoe and Mr.

Wyke, now Buckler as Ministers, and pray that the two towns may be separate pastoral charges.

Fort. April 3(1) 1646. Draft Letter to J. Bond, D.C.L., and the other Borough M.Ps.

with the same object. March 27, 1646.

Opinion as to Depositions about Robert Saunders, Mariner; who, speakiug of the preaching

Preachers and °f a strange Minister, said that Mr. luce was a knave for preaching against him, and

religious t hat D0 ^ ^£ r j nce an( j Mr. Way were knaves in their preaching, and that Mr. Way

animosity. * r ° J

preached plain Popery. Further, that " he fought not against y 6 Papists for their

Religion, for twas lawful 1 for efiy man to use his conscience, but he fought against

them as blouddy men. And said that hee would fight as valiantly against y e

Presbiterians as ever hee did against y e Cavaleers." April 10, 1646.

S. 245, pp. 54—58.

VII. 25. Letter Copy Letter in favour of Mr. luce to Sir Walter Erie and the other Borough

June (?) 1646.
Eng. W.&M.R. M.Ps. S. 245, p. 71.

VII. 26 Letter Copy Letter to the Committee of Dorset, urging that Mr. P. Ince may " enjoy

Eng. W.&M.R. the fruitesof" Radipole, which they understand to have been given to Mr. Burges,

a^ufparish whereaa b - v ftn Act > l James T > the " £ fitts " of Radipole belong to the Minister of

Ministers. Melcombe. S. 245, p. 77.

Burges.

VII. 27. Copy Col. Sydenham, Commander of the Garrison of W. and M. R., and ML P.,

Letters.
1646. writing, it seems, to the Mayor, etc., from "M r tins lane, July 2, 46," says that the

English. "Comittee for plundered ministers," have voted .£150 for a minister for the 1 Garrison

Sydenham. Mr. H. Roper (?) to the same effect, but speaking of the " Ministers of the

Roper. . oi/»j/»

towne. London, July 3, 1646.

The Mayor (?) by desire of the Alderraeu, etc., thanks Cul. S. for furthering

their desires. W. and M. R., July 10, 1646.

Negotiations The Mayor (?) etc., write to Dennis Bond, Esq., M.P., proposing that of the

U Bond" 8 n above grant, £50 should be given to W. Chapel, £50 to M. R., and £50 to Radi-

Buckler. pole ; that Mr. Buckler, Minister of Wyke, should come to W. " aasoone as their

chappell shall be built," placing an assistant at Wyke, and that a grave yard should

Ince. be made near W. Further, that Mr. P. Ince, Minister of the Garrison of M. R.,

should be made Incumbent there, placing an Assistant at Radipole, which by 1 Ja&

i. 30, is a Chapel of Ease to M. R. These two Ministers to be approved by " the

Com* 6 ® of Dors*" on the testimony of five or more godly Ministers of the County.

M. R., July 17, 1646.

■

1 The Colonel and the Mayor seem to have been slightly at cross purposes. The former
speaks of a Garrison Minister, the latter of a Parish Minister.

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS.

The Mayor (?) asks Col. Sydenham to procure a grant by the House (over the
head of the Committee above mentioned it seems), of a " competency of mainten-
ance" to Mr. Ince. M. R., Aug. 28, 1646.

The Mayor (?) asks D. Bond, Esq., for his and the Borough Recorder's help
in the above matter, particularly in getting the House to bring about Mr. Ince's
" disengagem 1 " from a promise to become Minister of Duuhead, Wilts. M. R.,

Aug. 28, 1646. 4 y l** V *'~

The Mayor (?) informs Col. S. (?) that the above question is to be decided by
" some ministers of the Assembly," and that Mr. Roze is going up " for y e sollicking
of the busines." No date. S. 245. p. 3 a .

199
Sydenham.

Bond.

Ince.

Dunhead.

Roze.

Reasons for settling Mr. Ince at M. R. He distinctly accepted the charge if VII. 28. Mem-
orandum,
a maintenance should be secured. Parliament has granted £100 a year for M. R. Nov. 2, 1646.

cum Radipole. So the townsmen are surprised at his now engaging to go to so small knglisn. M - »•

a place as Donhead, Wilts. The soldiers, whom he greatly encouraged in the siege, Duuhead.

dislike his removal. S. 245. p. 98.

" In regard M r £. Buckler hath taken great paines in his Ministry in M. R.," VII. 29. Order.

Jan 15 1646 (7)
without reward, a house is to be provided for him " fitt for his quality and English. M. R.

condicon." C. p. 193. Buckler.

Order that the Committee of Dorset be petitioned in favour of Mr. Buckler, VII. 30. Order,

etc

as Minister of M. R, and that a house be provided for him. Jan. 29, 1646 (7). 1646(7).

Copy of Mr. B.'s acceptance of the house and charge, if six divines approve English. M. R.

j3ucKier.
of his moving, and if he and the Committee " doe agree upon termes of settlem 1 aud Conditions.

maintenance," the Town to make up Government deficiency, if any. This was

promised, so that the value of the house be reckoned as part of the Town contribution,

which must not exceed £50 a year. Feb. 1, 1646 (7). S. 245. pp. 107, 8.

W. and M. R.

Thome.

Offer to him.

Whether the " House" did not choose to give Clergymeu plenary absolution VII. 31. Peti-
for breaking their promises, or for whatever reasons of some other kind, so it is that j an# 7/1647(8).
Mr. Ince failed to come to the Town, it seems. For Mr. Thorne, M.A., late Fellow — En g!«h-
of Sid. Sus. College, Cambridge, was treated with less than a year after. He was
offered a house and twenty marks (£13 6s. 8d.) a year, besides free gifts and what
he will get by order of Parliament from Radipole tithes or otherwise. Jan. 7, 1647 (8).

A Petition in his favour was drafted, addressed to the Committee of
Plundered Ministers. Sec vii. 39. (An entry to the same effect in C. p. 203.)

S. 245. pp. 142 «fc 8 a .

1 Dr. J. Bond, elected Recorder, Oct. 18, 1645 (see iv. 74), was son of D. Bond, Esq. This'
appears in the former letter to him.

2()0 CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS.

VII. 32. Mem- The sum of £4 4s. 6d., collected in M. R. Church, to redeem J. Vallance and

Jan. 15,1647(8) W- Bussell, captives in Algiers, was paid to Mr. G. Churchey, Overseer of Poor.

English. M. R. c p 193

( hurch r

Collection.

VII. 33. Mem- It may be noted that Mr. Ph. Bugden was appointed Churchwarden and Mr.

May 21, 1G47. J- Dudley, Sidesman, both by the Mayor, etc., it seems. C. p. 195.

English. M. K.
Bugden. Dudley

VII. 34. Mem- W. Renpe was appointed Clerk in place of J. Dudley at the same wages (40s.

Jan. 7, 1G47 (8) P er annum) " for ringing iiii and viii, 6d for efiy knell ;" and, according to his own

P h Cl^k^ ^ er, to tcacn wr * tm g au( * cyphering gratis to children whose parents cannot pay.

Wages. (From the appointment of J. Dudley, p. 193, Dec. 19, 1645, it seems that the wages

Bell

were as above, that the ringing was at four a.m. and eight p.m. from Michaelmas to

Lady Day, and that the Clerk also kept the clock.) C. p. 203.

VII. 35. Mem- "Collecto 8 for the Ministers nominated," two for W. side, two for M. R. side.

°^ a - June 28.
Eng. W.&M.R. The rate that would suffice for repair of the Church, etc., is to be estimated.

Ch P urch° Oct 11, 1650. C. pp. 234, 6.

VII. 36. Order. Out of the Church Rate (!) is to be paid £3 13s. 0d, " arreares of the monv

Eng. W.&M.R. due *° r Goale and maimed souldiers at our Lady Day, 1652." C. p. 245.

Use of Church
Hate.

VII. 37. Order. There are to be provided at a public place of entertainment, chosen by the

Eng. W.&M.r! Mayor, four ordinaries weekly for Mr. Thorne aud, apparently, three other Lecturers,

Ministers to the latter to be invited by order of the Mayor. The cost to be borne by the Town,
dine at an Inn.

iu place of the £10 formerly allowed to the Mayor for dining the Ministers. See

vii. 12. C. p. 24a

VII. 38. Order. Widow Reape is to receive 45s., nine months' wages due to her late husband

English. M. R. ( a r * 8e °f ^ ^ seems) but she is to see that the Births, etc., are lawfully recorded.

Parish Register Reaped successor received £3 per annum. June 9, 1654.

Graveyard. As the burial ground is small, " and burialls may prove noisome . . . the

Bed man " is not to dig any grave without the sanction of a Churchwarden or

Sidesman. Graves are to be four feet deep. Various orders are laid down for the

Redman's " Bedman," e.g., "that hee . . . walke upp and downe every Saboth day in the

duties

Church and Churchyard for Keepeing of the boyes in order . . ." Aug. 4, 1654.

& 250, 1.

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS. 201

Mr. G. Thome, Minister of the Town, is to have £8 per annum, and the rent VII. 39. Orders

its?*!*

of the Parsonage house, occupied by T. Growt, Felt-maker. April 30, 1656. The English.
£8 was to " j88ue out of the l Marsh," and Mr. T. was to have " an annuity under W '^?** M * K *
the Towne Seale for 60 yeares," if he should live and preach so long. May 16, 1656.

C. p. 259.

The Town being called on to pay tithes on the Marsh to the Clergyman of VII. 40. Depo-

anions.
Wyke, two witnesses depose to this having been done by Mr. Jas. Giear when tenant, 1663 (?)

but he denied it. C. p. 288. I £3fc w -* J J;. R -

r Tithes on the

Marsh.

Mr. H. Rose delivered to Mr. Churchwarden Arding a silver Chalice and VII. 41. Mem-
Cover, two Flagons with letters engraved on them, the Communion Table Cloth, t\*> Mar**!? ^W
Napkins, and the green Carept for the Table. C. p. 288. Kng. W.'&M.R.

As formerly £10 per annum was allowed to the Mayors for privately VII. 42. Order

eutertaining the weekly Lecturers, and afterwards for doing so in public houses, *Kniriish ***'

and as a further sum of .€10 has been paid to the Minister and Preacher of this W. sad M K.
Town for his benefit, and to furnish him with a house (the Corporation selling the

old Parsonage), and as it costs Mr. Coulborne, now Minister, .£20 per annum " for Coniform*,

the discharge of the Cure of Rodipole and for a Reader at M. R.," the above "two Allowance,
ten pounds per arm." shall be paid to him. C. p. 289.

"Bee it remembered " that on July 9, 1605, Matt. Pitt and ten others were VII. 43. Mem-

at a " Conventicle or meeting . . . under colo r . . . of some exercise of Religion m^

iu other manner than is allowed by the Liturgy or Practice of the Church of .^^Vw' ..

J * J W. and M. K.

Knglund, in the dwelling house of H. Saunders . . ." A similar Memorandum on Conventicle.

1 1 m* ir/»- 11 ^ nor Pitt. Saunden*.

July 10, lf>f>;>. li. p. ooo.

Another Memorandum of the presence of thirty-two persons at a Conventicle. VII. 44. Mem-

They were variously fined, from If. Dumberfield 15s. to Katharine Barber Gd. ; and jJJJJj ™ w

Matt. Pitt. H. D., and two others, having been before convicted, were imprisoned Kng. W.&M.R.

for three months and one day ; two others for six weeks and one day. The rest, on Barl>er. Pitt,
paying their fines, were discharged. B. p. 593. Conventicle.

Rich. Strong will take from the Mayor, etc, all risk connected with receiving VII. 45. ObU-

£14 worth of household goods forfeited by T. Clendon, Clerk, for non-appearance ifJE*? ! 1 ^.

in an action against him by R. S. for £26. Among the goods may be noticed three '**•» A Kngliah

Yr. and M. R.
joined stools and six bedstaves. S. 252. Clendon.

Goods seised.

1 W. Marah, which was let by the Corporation.
BD

202

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS.

£

8.

d.

5

5

1

S

L 254.

VII. 46. In a Book of Town Accounts (see v. 64) are a few Church items, e.g. : —

Accounts.
1 668— 1694.

English. 1668. June 8. To half-year's salary to Mr. Arnold, Minister

^Arnold* R ' 16T0 ( ! )' Man 25 ' &c - D ' Edward > for lookiugto the boys in Church

Salary. 1682. Apr. 7, <fce. Mr. Val. Jeffry for * Sermon in Commemora-
Hoy s in Church.
Mico Sermon. tion of Sir S. Mico s death

VII. 47. Order. Mr. J. Arnold, Minister, is to receive £10 per annum from the Town Steward.

June 17, 1668. .. n „ no

Eng. W.&M.R See vii. 46. C. p. 309.

Arnold.

VII. 48. Order. Mr. Arnold Desallenove, Mayor, orders Mr. G. Pley, .Jr., Treasurer, to pay to

Eng. W.&M.R. ^ r « J- Arnold, "our Minister," £5 for one half-year ending Dec. 25, 1668. Receipt

Desallenove. by Mr A S. 251. 3.

VII. 49. Order. Mr. T. Hewes, School-master, is to receive £4 per annum "to pvide a

Enc W.&M.R. scno °l m g place . . . and to remove his sc hollars out of the church." C. p. 327.
Hewes.

VII. 50. Dcpo- J. Licnbe deposes that " upon his vindication of the Minister Mr. Jefferycs,"

1671 (?) Eleanor Munday, her father and brother " did beate and wound" him; and that

Eng. w.&M.R. 8 he had before said that she would not acknowledge the Church of England to bo a

Religious

discussion. Church. C. p. 336.
Jetfery.

VII. 51. Mr. V. Jeffery, Minister, convened before the Mayor, etc, for " speaking

Oct "2* 16"4 opprobrious words against the said Arnold Desallenove, Major, . . . and Mr. J.

English. being . . . required to find securities to appeare ... he answered he would
W. and M. R.

Jeffery. give none . . . Doe your worst. C p. 349.

VII. 52. Order. Mr. Jeffery, Minister, is to receive £10 for the ensuing year, he serving the

i*"' \y l &M R ^ ure m ^ e T° wn ftS n * 8 predecessors have done. C. p. 351.
Jeffery.

VII. 53. Depo- Matt. Swetnian deposes that, being at the Bear with " Valentine Jeffery,

June S Vo° n i681 ^^ ar ^ e »" aua< Churchwarden Evered, at about ten p.m. on Tuesday last, V. J. said

Eng. W.&M.R. that T. Hide, Mayor, was a rogue. B. p. 627.
Sweetman.
Jeffery.
Evered. Hide.

VII. 54. Certi- Copy Certificate by Cuth. Bownd, Minister, J. Vie, Churchwarden, and

1688 (•) ^' King, do., saying that if J. Hay ward, his wife, or children become chargeable on

English. the Town, they shall be received back to Warm well. C. p. 400.
Warm well.

Bownd. King.

Vie. 1 See iv. 104.

CLASS VII. CHURCH AFFAIRS. 203

In a Minute Book (see iii. 142) are some Church items, e.g. : — VII. 55.

F. 42. Mr. J. Parr, Minister, was to have £10 a year "out of the Town 1699—1724.

Stock," he serving the Cure here as other Ministers have done. Feb. 14, 1699 (1700). ^^f] 1 ^ R

F. 203. " On the application of Mr. Parr, setting forth that he is at Parr,

extraordinary charge in preaching Sunday afternoons," the Treasurer was to pay tne Minister,
him £10 per annum. (In addition to the other £10]) Aug. 13, 1718.

F. 225. J. Pollard, " In-holder," deposes that on Sunday, June 25, as he Pollard.

was Mn " Mr. Channing's walke," " the Reverend Mr. Bragg," of M. R. asked him to Channing's

Walk

look at a litter of puppies, which he did. Mr. B. told his maidservant to drown two Bragg.

of them, and she threw them into the sea. P. went down the steps and took up Assault b y the

' r l Minister,
one of them. Augry at this, " the Reverend Mr. Bragg " called him " villian

rascall," etc., shook him and pushed him partly into the water. J. Howell deposes Howell.

that on the same day Mr. B. swore two oaths. He had to pay 2s. to the Overseers.

Mr. B. deposes that J. Pollard swore two oaths. He paid only Is. June 27, 1721.

F. 226. Whereas Mr. W. Smirke has, at the request of the Mayor, etc., Smirke. Parr,

become Churchwarden of M. R., and J. Parr, Clerk, and others are prosecuting him defended
in the Spiritual Court, the Town Clerk is to defend him. Aug. 25, 1721.

F. 228. The Treasurer is to give £10 to Mrs. Parr " in consideration of her p a n\
[sic] and her late husband's serveing the Cure of M. R. here every Sunday."
Aug. 5, 1723.

(See iii. 144.) Depositions about opposition by W., Joan and J. Toby to the VII. 56. Depo-

diggiug of a grave in the Parish Churchyard. Joan filled up the grave in spite of M ^J? ™, /s .

W. Windsor the Sexton, and John challenged him to fight. D. pp. 24, 25. Eng. W.&M.R.

Toby. Windsor.

Mr. J. Preston, Minister of Melcombe Church, is to receive £10 for preaching VII. 57. Order,

twice every Sunday during the last year. D. p. 53. Em'w&MR

Preston.

1 This was a covered foot pavement on the North Bide of St. Edmund Street.

BB*

APPENDIX.

This is a condensed Summary of the Contents of the Collection of Parchments
und Papers noticed at the beginning of Class iv. They are referred to as " M."
They have been put up into Five Bundles as follow : —

Eleven Parchments of special interest, whether as coming from the Sovereign M. Bundle I.
or for other reasons. They are all noticed under the Classes and dates to which
they belong. See references at beginning of Class iv. (numbered i. 1 — 11.)

Eighty-six Feoffments or Leases by the Mayor, etc., from 26 Henry VIII. to M. Bundle II.
40 Eliz. A few are noticed, e.g., see Class iv. 12 a , 17 a , 22 a ; vi. 9 H , 9 b (numbered
ii. 1—85.)

Forty-two do., do., 1 James I. to 1656. See Class iii. 28 a ; iv. 38» ; M. Bundlelll.
vi. 69 a (numbered iii. 1 — 42.)

Eighteen Deeds of Sale, etc., by Private Persona 36 Henry VIII. to M. Bundle IV.
7 William III. See Class iv. 33* (numbered iv. 1—18.)

All these one hundred and forty-six Deeds have been examined, arranged in
years, and docketed in pencil. From them have been gathered a good many
surnames, including a few of Mayors. These are inserted in the Index of Dorset
People, and in the List of Mayors in the General Index, respectively ; also in
Class, iv. 1.

Divided into seven smaller Bundles, viz. : — M. Bundle V.

Small Bundle 1, a very multifarious collection —

1. Letter. R. Phelypps, of Charborough, Esq., to the Mayor, on the

Election of his sou to be M.P. 1554

2. Copy of Royal Decree (?) giving Harbour rights to M. R. (imper-

fect) Temp. Eliz.

206 APPENDIX.

See i. 16 b . 3. Copy of Finding at an " Inquisitio " about the possessions at W.

and M. R., of Gilbert Earl of Clare, 24 Edward I. Extracted - 1592

4. Letter. J. Corbyn to Mr. Mayor Barefoote, about a house - - 1599

5. Items of Business and Outlay. R. Keate, Town Clerk - - - 1607

6. Copy of Charter. James I. (Original, Class i. 18) - - -1616

7. Sheet of Petty Customs Accounts 1 648

See v. 50*. 8. — — — — G. Pley, Collector - - - 1 649

9. Indenture respecting T. Vie's family 1655

10. Bond respecting A. Pitt's family 1665

11. Obligation. Lease of the Marsh to R. Strong - 1670
See vii. 64. 12. Certificate from Minister of Warm well 1688

13. Bond to save the Corporation harmless 1690

14. Indenture of Apprenticeship 1697

15. Do. 1697

16. Bond to save J. Hussy harmless 1702

See iv. 121. 17. List of Inns in W. and M. R. with number of soldiers billeted

19th or 18th century ?

1 8. Counterpart Bill of Lading. Not dated.

19. Memorandum of requisites for Repair of Bridge. Not dated.

20. Governor of Alderney's Order, with Soldiers' Wives - 1793

21. Draft Petition and Letter. Mr. Bryer, about Water Supply - 1794
See iv. 119, 22. Letter. Mr. Bryer to the Mayor, and Notice about do. - - 1794

p * * ' 23. Letter. Mr. Benson, about a Harbour Bill 1820

24. Two Printed Reports on Brighton Pier and London Bridge - - 1820

Small Bundle 2—
Twelve Precepts for Borough Sessions 1768 — 1801

Small Bundle 3—

Grand Jury Bills, Indictments, etc., in the time of Messrs. Swaffield,
Bowles, and Tizard, Town Clerks 1750—1834

Small Bundle 4 —

Oaths of Allegiance, etc., with Records of their being taken by
Mayors and Bailiffs 1742—1808

Small Bundle 5—
Do. Do. (Aldermen?) - - - -1745—1834

APPENDIX.

207

Small Bundle 6—

1. Indenture respecting Standard Brass Quart and Pint Measures - 1700

2. Probate of Howman's Will 1720

3-7. Admissions of Five Mayors - -1788-1801

8. Nominees for Mayoralty -------- 1790

Small Bundle 7—

Minutes of Borough Sessions

1762—1834

See. iii. 145.

Here may be noticed the following Documents; for which a place has not Omitted,
been found in the Catalogue itself.

Letter to Lord Chief Baron Man wood, about a Law-suit. March 13, 1580.

S. 76.

Letter from Mr. Recorder Hanam, do. June 14, 1581. S. 79.

Copy Letter from the Privy Council respecting a Muster. Sept. 12, 1625.

S. 210.

Bond to save the Mayor, etc., harmless. 1668. S. 252.

Do. the Parish do. 1699. S. 258.

GENERAL INDEX.

Abbot, Roger, of Abbotsbury i. 1, 40

it Roger, of St. Waleric, Hide ... ... i. 40

Abbott, Archbishop of Canterbury ... iv. 36

Accounts v. throughout

.. Mayors' v. 17, 2337

,. Town Clerks' v. 13, 15, 16, 44

Admiralty Orders and Officials, and resistance to the

same, iv. l a , 3, 11, 24, 119 p. 480; vi. 56, 68, 91 a

Affeerors, Affeering, iii. 41 note, 107, 116, 118, 120,

121 ; iv. 40
Aldermen to wear Gowns ... ... .. iii. 118

Ale-tasters iii. 3, 42, 46

Allones ... ... ... ... ... iii. 110

Amerciament ... ... iii. 41, 49; iv. 40; v. 60

Andover ... ... ... ... v. 15, 16

Angelet ... ... ... ... ... ... iii. 22

Apprentices ...iv. 22*, 42, 61, 87

Armada. — See Spanish Invasion.
Arrest — one Street to be free from Arrests by the

Serjeants there, ii. 9

Arundel, Earl of iii. 39

Assaults and threats of Assaults, iii. 1, 2, 44, 49, 51,
55, 58, 59, 65, 69, 71, 73, 74, 97, 109, 133, 138,
142, 144; iv. 62, 102; v. 37; vi. 43, 130; vii. 55, 56

Asserios iii. 103

Astragal izavit ... iii. 104

Attorney Power of to R. Keate ... .. ii. 24*

Auction by Candle v. 39, 59 ; vi. 80

Audley End iv. 57

Backwater, Reclamation of, etc., i v. 11 9, etc.; vi. 118
Bailiffs of \\\, i. 12, 40 ; ii. 3, 14, 28, 38, 39, 44, 46,

63, 65, 66; iv. 12*, 30; vi. 2, 9, 13, 14, 29, 35, 66

Baron of Hastings vi. 110

Baselard ... ... ... ... ... iii. 1

Base Money iii. 142

Bathing Houses iv. 119 P. 230

i. Machines v. 66

Bazill, a woman's name iii. 69

Beacon v. 27

Beadle iii. 124 ; iv. 44, 95 ; v. 46

cc

Beds. — See Standing, Trundle.

Bedford, Letter of Earl of iv. 15

Bedman .. vii. 38

Bedstaves... ... ... ... ... vii. 45

Beer, price of... iii. 37, 40, 42, 68, 87 ; v. 35, 57

Bell to be rung morning and evening, iii. 36 ; iv. 44 ;

v. 37 ; vii. 34
Benefactions, iii. 102 ; iv. 37 a , 45, 90, 104, 118 f. 21 b ,
f. 215 b , f. 230, 119 p. 135, p. 386, P. 469, p. 486 ;
v. 43, 48, 64 ; vii. 46

Benefaction at Ower Moyne iv. 76

Bill of Exchange vi. 82

Billingsgate. — See Customs.

Birding Piece.. iii. 109

Blasphemy iii. 64

Bloody Assize iii. 139

Boar's Head Tavern ii. 79

Boat captured in Portland Roads vi. 130

Bond of R. Keate v. 20

Bonfire v. 64, etc.

Borough Armour and other Munitions of War, v. 17,

23, 37, 41

ii Constitutions ... ... iv. 11

•i Defences iv. 30; vi. 33, etc.

i» Disputes. — See Controversies.
•• Documents mentioned, iv. 80, 112, 114, 116,
119 P. 222, p. 264 ; v. 30, 37, 38, 44 ; vi. 117, 131
.. Topography, i. 40; iii. 103; iv. 41, 119 p.

508, p. 543

Boundaries of W. i. 40

M. R. iv. 83

Bounty (Extra) iv. 119 p. 255

Bow ... ... ... ... ... ... iii. 62

Boys in Church ... ... ... ... vii. 38, 46

BrewerB and Brewing, i. 40 ; ii. 42 ; iii. 3, 38, 42, 47,

54, 60, 72, 102 ; v. 49
Buckets to be used at Fires, iii. 96, 126 ; iv. 67 ; v. 41

Buckhuret, Lord iv. 36

Bulls to be baited or beaten before being killed, iii. 52,

106, 113, 121
Bull Collar v. 64

210

GENERAL INDEX.

Burgages and Rents iv. 41, 54 ; v. 24, 60

Burghley, Lord i. 14 ; ii. 66, 69 ; iv. 36

Bushelage and other Harbour Duties ... vi. 80, 130
Butts. — See Index of Places.

Calgs in Spain v. 26 ; vi. 8

Calliver ... ... ... ... ... iv. 31

Cannon called by various names, iii. 66 ; iv. 103 ; vi.

43, 83, 107

Cannon, small range of ... vi. 39

Cannoner ... ... ... ... ... iii. 65

Cards forbidden iii. 37, 47, 86, 104

Carey, Sir G. ... ... ... ... ... vi. 60

Carisbrook Castle vi. 60

Cavaliers and Roundheads, iii. 109, 111, 131, 133;
Charities. — See Benefactions. [iv. 80, 99; vii. 24

Charters, and kindred documents : —

Of Wm. of Taunton i. 1, 40

ii K. Edward II i. 2

-i K. Edward III i. 3, 4, 5

ii K. Henry VII. ... ... i. 6

•i K. Henry VIII i. 7

ii Q. Elizabeth i. 8-17

H K. James I. ... ... ... ...i. 18

ii K. Charles I i. 19

.• K. Charles II. i. 20

■• K. and Q. William and Mary .. i. 21

ii K. George II. i. 22

Charters, References to : —

OfK. Ethelred i. 25

.1 K. Henry I. ... i. 25 ; ii. 9

.1 K. Edward I i. 25, 26

.i K. Henry VI. i. 5»

m K. George III i. 22

Chesil= Shingle iii. 57

Chollcr— Pillory iii. 80

Christide= Christmas iii. 75 ; i v. 52

Chiistmas, a Christian name ... iii. 73

Church iv. 104 ; vii. throughout

.i Pay of Priests ... vii. 1

.• ii Preachers v. 29 ; vii. 13, 57

.1 ., Parish Clerk vii. 34, 38

ii Head of the ... ... ... ... vii. 1

ii Rate ... ... ... vii. 36

See Bell.

V/IwV/lV ••• ••• ■•• ••• • • • ••• V • Ov

Cloth Manufacture or Trade, Notices of, iii. 133 ; v.

50 ; vi. 7, 28, 49, 104, 130
ii See Spinning and Power Loom.

Coal Trade vi. 130, 131

v>oit ... ... ... ... ... ... in. 7<), 1)7

Colston ii. 60 ; vi. 29, 44

Commerce by sea, vi. throughout, e.g., 80, 82, 94, 114

Commission, Royal i. 16*

Committee of Dorset vii. 26, 27

ii for Plundered Ministers ... vii. 27, 31

Communion Plate, etc vii 41

Coney gar. — See Index of Dorset Places.

Constable a Town Councillor iv. 112

Constables not to attend at Assizes iii. 83

Controversies between W. and M. R., ii. throughout,

e.g., 15, 66 ; v. 16

Conventicle vii. 43, 44

Conveyances of Lands, etc.... iv. 27, 76, 117, 118

Cocket ... ... ... ... .. ... vi. 110

Corn, price of... ... ... ... ... vi. 38

Coroner's J urisdiction denied i v. 1 1 9 p 532

Corslets iv. 31, 32

Cotten (Cotton) ... iii. 4

Council, Orders, etc. from and Letters to ii. 12, 22,

23, 47, 69 ; iv. 9, 36, 57 ; vi. 17, 85, 103

Courts. — (See Curia, Placita, Frank - pledge), iii.

throughout

ii Pie-powder ... Hi. 1, 2, 94

.. Three- weekly (of W.) ... ii. 63, 70 ; iii 15, 96
H of M. R. ... ... ... ... ... iii. 1*4

Coventry, Sir J iv. 105

Crewkerne, Mr vi. 103

Crooks for use at Fires ... iii. 96, 126

Cucking Stool and use thereof, iii. 64, 98 ; iv. 67 ; v.

27,37

Curia Legalis iii. 15

Customs of Billingsgate iv. 11

Customs. — See Petty Customs.

Dartmouth

... ... ... V. Z<M

Dearth. — See Scarcity.

Deciners

iii. 15

De Clare. — See Gloucester.

Defoe, Daniel

... ... 1U. X4«S

Deodand ...

... Av. 90

Deroy colour

iii. 52; vi. 77

•L/ico ... ... ... ...

iii. 47, etc

••• .44% 4%* 4% A *m** — -"■-"-

iii. 42, 61, 64, 66, 123

Dog-irons vii. 3

Domesday Book quoted i. 15 ; iii. 5

Donhead vii. 27, 28

Dowlas ... iii. 23

Drake, Sir Francis vi. 86

Drake Family ... v. 06

Drowned man, attempt to revive iii. 134

Drunkenness, efforts against, iii 35, 37, 46, 5), 54,

56, 64, 142

Duel ii?. U2

GENERAL INDEX.

211

Education.— See Schools and Schoolmasters.

Election of M.Ps. ...iv. 15, 17, 56, 74, 96, 105, 111
Mayor omitted, iv. 118, 119 p. 203, p. 207

Elm in St. Mary Street, etc. vii. 1

Ensigns ... ... ... iv. 69

Entertainments and Presents, v. 17, 23, 25, 27, 29,

33, 34, 37, 43, 64
Exchequer. — Orders, Letters, and other business, ii.

44, 66, 67
Execution of Rebels... ... ... ... v. 64

Fareham v. 16

Fees and Salaries, iii. 22, 140 ; iv. 12, 42, 87, 89 ; v.

13, 15, 16, 29, 37, 44, 52, 64 ; vi. 43, 47, 80, 130

(See also Pay)
Fee-farm Rent sold ... ... ... ... iv. 87

Ferry over the Harbour ... iv. 43 ; vi. 29, 43

Fire Engines ... ... ... ... iv. 119

Fishery and Fishing Nets, etc., iii. 39 ; iv. 9 ; vi. 2,

3, 4, 116, 131
Flax, price of ... ... ... ... vi. 82

Flushingers, Piratical vi. 12, 27, 44

Font stone ... ... ... .. ... vii. 7

Foreign buying and selling iii. 101 ; vi. 120

Foreign tour ... ... ... ... ... iii. 43

Forestalling ii. 46 ; iii. 38 ; iv. 119 p. 500

Forrega ... ... ... ... ••• m. 54

Forts and Fortiiications. — See Index of Dorset Places.
Frank-pledge... ... ... ... iii. 15

Freemen of the Borough, iv. 44, 71, 75, 79, 98, 114,

118 F. 229, 119 p. 139
French Company of Merchants in London ... vi. 91
French Documents ... iii. 85, 107 ; iv. 65 ; vi. 1, etc.

Galley

Gambling Games forbidden...

George III., King, at Weymouth

Gerrerde, Attorney General

Gloucester, Earl of

Gouldc -Gold

Great Katharine (a Ship)

Grinterne

Grocery iShips

vi. 101

iii. 37, 47, 104, etc.

iv. 119

... ii. 23, 24

v. 14, note

vi. 80

iii. 126, 129
... vi. 131

Harbour and Reg ulations thereof, vi. throughout.
See Port, Ferry, and Inquisition.

Hartley Row v. 15

Harvey ... ... ... ••• ••• 1V « 105

Hatton, Sir Christopher ... ii. 33, 47 ; v. 15

Haulstering — Huckstering ... .. iii. 118

Hay ward ... ... ... • •• ••• ••• iv. 83

Heath Croppefs iv. 11

CC*

Hellyer iii. 57, 96

Horse-loads, large vi. 131

Howard, Lord C, ii. 69 ; iv. 36 ; vi. 28, 31, 43, 51, 57

Hue and Cry iii. 1 ; vi. 13

Hunsdon, Lord iv. 36

Hythe . vi. 9*, 78

l.NFANGENETHEF i. 25

Ingrossing iii. 38 note, 42, 98, 103

Inkell vi. 82, etc.

Inns, List of (See Public House Regulations), iv. 121

Inquest iii. 57, 59, 134, 142

Inquisition about M. R. Port ii. 1

Inspectors of Hides ... ... ... ... iii. 143

Insula Canadensis iii. 130

Iron-bound or studded wheels objected to, iii. 120;

iv. 49, 68 ; v. 52 ; vi. 78

Jane, Queen

Jeffery, Lord (Judge Jeffreys)
Jefferye, Judge ...
Jocosus= Joyce
Jolliff

v.

14

• • •

■ • •

in.

139

• •

11.

12,

17,

22

. .

iii.

65

•

l.

35,

39

v.

15,

16,

22

• • •

• * •

in.

25

Journeys

Juries, liability to serve on

Lands forfeited by disuse ... iii. 78 ; iv. 64

Landcheff ... ... ... ... ... ... iii. 15

Latin Documents, i. throughout ; iv. 3, 17, 17 a , 25,

74; vi. 70, et?.

Latin disused... iii. 114

Latin resumed ... iii. 129

Laud, Archbishop vi. 103

Law of Nations vi. 5&

Leases, iv. 2«S 33, 86, 91, 93, 119 p. 230 ; v. 54, 66 ;

vi. 81, 94, 131 ; vii. 3

Lecturer, Town vii. 12, 13

Leicester, Earl of iv. 11 ; vi. 24

Lent, no meat killed or dressed in, iii. 24, 49, 67, 131

Lighter, Town vi. 102

Lizard Light ... vi. 80

Loggets iii. 47

Loitering or Idleness, an offence ... iii. 75, 104, 127

London Privileges, Oaths, etc iv. 11

Loom ... .. ... ... ... ... vi. 82

Loquela ... .. ... iii. 15

Maces of W. and M. R. ...

Mace of W.

Mautell

Mauwood, Judge

Markets

i. 43; iv. 112

ii. 25, 70 ; iii. 15

iii. 53

... ii. 12, 17, 22

iv. 112, etc.

212

GENERAL INDEX.

m. ii. 1
... M. ii. 2

... v. 9
... u. ii. 4

m. i. 9

May dower, The vi. 70

Maypole. — See Summer Pole.
Mayors : —

1534-5 Hugh Massy

1554-5 T. Samways

1561-2 (). Raynolds

1562-3 Francis Lawse

1563-4 J. Burley

,- fi - .» \ T. Newton (died in office?) ... M. ii. 5
i O. Raynolds iv. 6

1569-70 Richard Pitt ii. 6; iv. 12

1 570- l(?)Robert Gregory ii. 10

1575-6 O. Raynolds ... ii. 18, 20; iv. 17

1576-7 Monsell ... ... ... Hi. 10

ir-o n \ W. Pytt (died in office?) ... iv. 18
15*8-9 j J x .

( J. Peers ... ... ... m. n. 24

1579-80 Richard Pitt ii. 28; v. 17

1580-1 T. Howarde iii. 13

W. Pitt, Deputy ... iii. 13; ii. 33

1581-2 J. Allyn ii. 39, 43

1582-3 J. Mounsell ii. 49 ; iii. 18

1583-4 B. Allyn ii. 56

1584-5 Hugh Randall iii. 21

1585-6 J. Mockett i. 15; ii. 59, 66

1586-7 W. Pytt ii. 73; iv. 31

1590-1 J. Bond v. 23

1592-3 V. Barefoot iv. 37

1594-5 W. Dottrell

1596-7 W. Waltham

1597-8 J. Mockett

1599-1600 J. Bond v. 28

1602-3 W. Holman v. 29

1603-4 T. Barfoot v. 30

1605-6 W. Waltham v. 31

1606-7 J. Pitt v. 32

1607-8 J. Mockett v. 33

1610-1 1 J. Bond v. 34

1611-12 Robert Knight v. 35

1612-13 (J. Pley, Junr v. 36

1615-16 J. Roy v. 37

1616-17 W. AYaltham iii. 36

1617-18 J. Pitt iii. 43

1618-19 T. Giear i. 33

1625-6 or 1626-7 H. Russell i. 34; vi. 91

1633-4 T. Wallis v. 44

1634 5 J. Lockier i. 36

1637-8 H. Mitchell (elect) ...iii. 105; iv. 70

1643-4 J.Thornton v. 48

1645-6 T. Waltham iii. 109

1648-9 W. Holmes iii. 118

1649-50 J. Browne ... iii. 114; iv. 82

1651-2 G. Pley iii. 120; iv. 88

v. 25
v. 26
v. 27

Mayors — Continual.

1658-9 Roger Cuttance (?) v. 57

1665-6 — Gach v. 61

1666-7 Sir R. Cuttance (meaning Sir H.) v. 60
1668-9 A. Desallenove (De Salbnova) vii. 48

1680-1 T. Hide vii. 58

1684-5 T, Ledoze iv. 112

1686-7 Ric Yardley iv. 112

1687-8 Ph. Taylor iv. 112*

1698-9 Ric. Bury iv. 118

1711-12 Philip Taylor vi. 130

1735-6 E. Tucker vi. 131

1740-1 R. Tucker iv. 119 p. 203

1741-2 R. Jeanes iv. 119 p. 202

1746-7 J. Basham iv. 119 p. 218

1747-8 Richard Tucker i. 22

1750-1 (?) — Jeanes v. 66

1759 (Feb.) T. Gollop iv. 119

1796-7 Sir W. Pulteney ... iv. 119 p. 513

The task of compiling thin Catalogue did not include
the making a complete li*t of Mayon of M. B. or W. and
M. R. This list contains only those iuddentally named
in the extracts. See Accounts, Election.

... vl 80

iii. 15

ii. 66 ; v. 16

Merchandise and Duties thereon

•lU O * 01/ I • • • • • • •■• ••• • • m

Mildmay, Sir W.

Mills. See Tidal, Windmill.

Ministers of Religion, viii. 1, 3, 8, 13, 16, 23-31, 39,

42, 45, 46
Minute Books (Law), iii. 9, 15, 21, 29-35, 109, 142, 144

•• Book (Constitutions) iv. 41

Mountague ... v. 44

Mounted Infantry iv. 57

Murderer (a Gun) iii. 66

Musters, etc., of Trained Bands, iv. 23, 31, 32, 57, 58,

59, 66, 103 ; v. 62, 63

Navigation to bk taught, iv. 119 p. 469, p. 530

Nets. — See Fisheries.

Newfoundland vi. 80

Oaths
Oranges
Outfangenethef
Oyster Beds ...

iii. 107 ; iv. 40, 114, 118, etc.

• • •«• ••• ■*• lis w

• • • • ■ • ••• • • • JL» «0

• • • • • • ••• v 1« Iv I

Path of Knives iii. 50

Papers damaged iii. 96

Parliament, Members of. —See Election, Pay.
Parliamentary and Military Ascendency, iii. HI, 115;

iv. 74 ; v. 48, 40 ; vii. 22
Passport iii. 77 ; if. 33

GENERAL INDEX.

213

Paupers dreaded

Paving, etc.

Pawlet, Sir Amias .

Pay of M. Pa.

.1 Parish Clerks
m Players ...
•i Preachers
• Priests
-i Recorder

hi. 41 ; iv. 60
iii. 128; iv. 69, 107, 119

• ... ... 11. *rx

iv. 56 ; v. 5, 6, 7, 10, 27
vii. 34, 38

... ... V. 0\)f olf oi

... v. 29 ; vii. 13, 57

vii 1

iv 12

• ••• ••• * » • A mm

.i it See Fees and Salaries.

Pembroke, Earl of (Manor Steward), ii. 4, 72, 73; iii. 15
Penn, Sir W. ... ... ... ... ... iv. 96

Perambulation (See also Procession) i. 40

Permercati ... ... ... ... iii. 113

Pestilence, precautions against, iv. 33, 69, 102, 106;

vi. 84, 92, 130
Petty Customs vi. 80, 94, 99, 114, 128, 131, etc.

Pic-powder Courts. — See Courts.
Pi gs not to stray ... ... ... iii. 15,53,118

Pillory ... iii. 125, 126, 129, 144; iv. 67 ; v. 64

Pirates and their Captives, ii. 52; v. 40, 42 ; vi. 16,

17, 21, 24, 25, 79, 80, 83, 100, 103; vii. 32

Placita ... ... . .- ... ... ... iii. 35

Plague. — See Pestilence.

Pomegranates ... ... ... ... ... vi. 23

Poor, provision for ... iv. 55

Port, Disputes about ... ... ... ii. throughout

of M. R. reduced to a "Creek," i. 26; vi. 1

•• H Right denied ... ... ii. 1

YV i 9*»

M ... ... ... ... ... ... 4. *m\M

' i JM . -K . ... ... ... ... ... 1. Zo

Post-horses, Order for ... ... iv. 48

Potatoe v. 29, 37

Pound, Town ... ... ... iii. 125

Power Loom ... ... ... ... ... vi. 82

Presents.— See Entertainments.

Press-gang ... ... ... iii. 142

Preston, Sir A. — See Index of Dorset People.

Privateers vi. 131

Procession round Bounds iv. 83, 88

Proclamation from the Mayor, etc ii. 39*

Protestant Refugee iv. 53

Public House Regulations iii. 37, 38, 47

Public Houses. — See Inns.

Pynion ... ... ... ... ... iii. 78, etc.

(^iack Doctor

Quakers

Quoits forbidden ...

K a leiuh, Sir W.

Gilbert...

...iii. 142

iii. 132, 142

... iii. 47

vi. 79
... vi. 70

Recognizances for Flesh .. ... iii. 23

Rebels. — See Execution.
Recorders of W. and M. R. : —
T. Hanam, apptd. 1572, iv. 12, 34, reigned 1591, iv.
W. Weston, ,. 1592, iv. 11 [11, 34

Ric.Swayne, u 1594, iv. 11
Hugh Pyne, died 1629, iv. 61

Ric. King, ., 1629, iv. 61, ,. 1645, iv. 74
J. Bond, ., 1645, iv. 74, rsgd. 1649, iv. 82

S. Bond, ,. 1649, iv. 82, died 1673, iv. 109

N. Bond, m 1673, iv. 109, ., 1707, iv. 118
D.Bond, ., 1707, iv. 118,
\V. Chafin Grove, rsgd. 1786, iv. 119

Giles Templeman, apptd. 1786, iv. 119
Refuse-heaps and other obstructions in and about the
Town, ii. 29, 36 ; iii. 37, 53, 78, 93 ; iv. 56, 68,
69, 73, 75, 85
Replevin ... ... ... iii. 74

Rescue by women ... ... ... iii. 97

Revenge, H.M.S. ... ... ... ... vi. 34, 42

Richmond ... ... ... ... ... ... v. 16

Ringwood ... ... .. ... v. 16

Romanists (suspected) examined iii. 71, 132, 142

Romsey ... ... ... ... ... ... v. 16

Rope-making iii. 120; iv. 118

Rother beast iv. 2* ; vi. 128

Roundheads.— See Cavaliers.

Ruggin ... ... ... ... ... ... iii- 23

Ryall iii. 4, 72

Rye ... vi. 32

Sack drinking iii. 133

Salaries. — See Fees and Pay.

Salutes iv. 70; v. 29, 64, etc.

Sarum ... ... ... ... ... v. 1©

Scarcity iii. 73 ; vi. 58

Schools and Schoolmasters, iv. 77, 86, 97, 118 f. 236,

119; v. 64; vii. 49
Seals, principal impressions of, i. 2, 3, 5*, 10, 11, 16*,
18 ; ii. ll a , 42 ; iv. 3*, 6, 12», 15, 36, 37 ; r. 7,
44 ; vi. 45, 51, 66, 87, 89, 91 a

Seal, W. ii. 25; iii. 15; vi. 66

Seals, M. R. ... ... ... ... )• 41

„ W. and M. R. ... i. 42 ; iv. 112 ; v. 35, 64

iii. 50, 91

... ... ... 111. ^o

VI. SZ
i 40
v 14

• •• ••• ••• 1V# Uv

, • m • • • • * VI* O

Searchers of corrupt Flesh

ii Leather

Serfs manumitted ...

Seymour, Queen Jane

Sheriff resisted

Ship— small vessel

Ships. —See Great Katharine, Grocery Ships.

214

GENERAL INDEX.

Ship money v. 40, 45

Shipwright's tools ... ... iii. 31

Shops, unlicensed (complained of ) iii. 26

Short measure iii. 46, 47, 119

Short weight iii. 45

Shrove Monday .. iii. 50

Shute, Baron of the Exchequer ii. 27 a

Signature by mark ii. 64 ; iv. 42, etc.

Slates iii. 33 ; iv. 46 ; v. 26

Solemn League and Covenant ...iv. 100, 110, 118

Solicitor i. 35 note

Southampton ... i. 40 ; v. 15

Spanish Invasion expected, vi. 8, 26, 45, 48, 86, 87

Speed's Chronicle v. 59

Spelman ... ... ... ... ... ...l. 9

Spinning iii. 123

Stafford's Law ... iii. 74

Staines ... v. 15

St. Albans, Duke of iv. 119

St. Swythun. — See Swythun.

Stamp Office Fines v. 66

Standard Measures v. 64

Standing Bed iii. 72

Standing Counsel iii. 140

Star Chamber iii. 81

Statute of Winchester iv. 1 1

Stocks ... iii. 42, 50, 75, 80, 142, 143 ; v. 28

Streets. — See Paving and Refuse heaps.

Steward of W. and other Manors. — See Pembroke.

Sudden death iii. 70

Suffolk, Earl of iv. 57, 70

Summer pole ... iii. 51

Sunday observance, iii. 37, 46, 58, 68, 77, 108, 115,

117, 122, 129 ; vii. 14, 38

Swearing, Punishments for iii. 115, 121, 142

Swythun's, St., Prior of i. 1, 5», 40

Tables, Game of
Taddyvoe colour ...
Tastatores

Tawyer

Temple Hall

Templum for Ecclesia

• • 4 t • •

iii. 37, 47, 104, 142
... iv. 26
in. 3
... iv. 11
vii. 10
iii. 110, 117

Temptation by the devil, as an excuse ... iii. 73

Tests iv. 110, HI

Throng iii. 80, etc.

Tidal Mills i. 18 a ; iv. 33*

Timber measured by tuns, etc v. 53, 55

Tithes vii. 40

Tobacco forbidden iii. 47, 65, 113

Tolze iv. 26

Tonnell — Chimney iii, 78, 96

Topography of W. and M. R. — See Borough.

Town Clerks :— [1584, iii 12, 22

R. Keate, apptd. 1576, or earlier, v. 13, removed
Martin, apptd. 1584 (?) iii. 22, in office 1586, ii. 77
J. Small, died 1630, iv. 63

F. Gape, •• 1630, iv. 63, rmvd. 1642, iv. 72
R.Mayer, ,. 1642, i v. 72, died (!) 1643,iv. 72
F.Gape, re-apptd. 1643, iv. 72, again remvd., 1644,
R.Scovile, apptd. 1644, iv. 72 [iv. 72
T. de la Court, „ 1673, iv. 109

W. Claver, (?) iv. Ill

J. Glover, apptd. 1680, iv. Ill, rmvd. 1683, iv. Ill
H. Backway, ., 1683, iv. Ill, died 1688, iv. 113
T. Cooper, „ 1688, iv. 113, rsgd. 1720, iv. 118
T. Cooper, jr. „ 1720, iv. 118 F. 207, died 1729, iv.

G. Paslien, ., 1729, iv. 119 P. 133 [119 p. 133
A. Way, ,. 1731, iv. 119 p. 146, died 1744, iv.

119 p. 212
J. Swaffield, „ 1744, iv. 119 p. 212, died 1770, iv.

119 p. 308
Rob. Smith, ,» 1770, iv. 119 P. 308, rsgnd. 1785,

iv. 119 p. 398
J. Symes, ,, 1785, iv. 119 p. 398, rsgnd. 1787,

iv. 119 P. 419
C. Bowles, .. 1787, iv. 119 p. 421
Town Clerks. — See Accounts.

Town Chest iii. 36

m Treasurers iii. 36

Trade v. 50 ; vi. throughout

Trades, Rules of iv. 11

Trained Bands. — See Musters.

jl regar ... ... ... ... ... ... ill. «»

Tronagium i. 5»

Trundle Bed iii 72

Tuniopohe iii. 113

Vagrants whipped iii 17

Vessels trading to and from W. and M. R. vi. 99
Villeins. — See Serfs.

Wages (See also Pay) iii 75, 142

Walsingham, Sfr F. ... ii. 12, 60, 76 ; vi. 46

Warwick, Earl of, Letter to ii 72

Watch and Watchmen iii 50, 68

Water supply i v. 37, 119 P. 489

Waywardens iii 71

Wentworth vii 10

W. Farthings v. 62

Wheat, price of iv. 29

Whipping (See also Vagrants) ... iii 71 , 77 ; v. 35

** 111 ■•• ••• ••• >•• ••• •«• IT| «0

Winchester. — See Statute.

Windmill iv. 50; v. 60

Witchcraft iii. 112, 142

•<.,

INDEX OF DORSET PEOPLE

(BY BIRTH OR ABODE),

Whether of W. and M. R., or of the rest of the Shire, named in this Catalogue--

Abbot
Adams . . .
Aden...
Alexander

iii. 51, 70

iii. 68

... iv. 1

i. 34 ; iv. 39

Allyn, Allen, or Allin, ii. 1 l a , 55,

59 ; iii. 41, 46, 48, 93, 102

Andrews ... ... ... iv. 1

Angell iii. 80

Anketyll ii. 48, 49

Arlmthuot v. 66

Aiding, Ardin or Arden, iii. 128 ;

iv. 99, 107 ; v. 60

Arnold vii. 46, 47, 48

Ashe iii. 64

Ashley ... v. 43

Audney ... ... ... iii. 40

Ayshley iv. l a

Babbidoe iii. 131

Backway ... iii. 141 ; iv. Ill
Bagge ii. 6 ; iii. 39, 43, 97, 130

Ball vii 13

Banks i. 36, 39 ; iv. 99, etc.

Barber ... iii. 1 ; vii. 44

Barnes iii. 106

Ba8ham iv. 119

Br tt wick iv. 76

Bearnes ... ... ...iv. 117

Bedford, Earl of v. 7.

Belbin iii. 105

Bell vii. 8

Bellpit ii. ll a ; iv. 2

Bendis ... ... ... iv. 120

Bennet ... i v. 119 p. 230

Ben vile ... ... ... iii. 45

Beste ii. 7, ll a

Betts
Biggs...
Biles
Blowndell

vi. 130

. iii. 61

iv. 112

iv. 1

Bond ... iv. 82, 89, 109; v. 28
Bond field, Bonville ... iii. 54

Boucher iii. 64

Boult v. 47

Bound .. iii. 142

Bower iii. 142

Bowles ... iv. 119

Bownd vii. 54

Boyte iv. 1

Bragg vii. 55

Bread iii. 50

Brimstone iii. 122

Brooke, Brooke, or Broke, ii. 7,
ll a , 12, 26, 27, 28, 39, 39 a , 40,
42, 55, 58, 60, 61, 67, 77, 79;
iii. 17, 19, 23, 54, 60, 67, 74,
103 ; iv. 31 ; v. 16 ; vi. 130
Browne, iii. 43, 71 ; iv. 58, 82, 89 ;

105, 111; vi. 87

Bryer iv. 119 p. 489

Buck iv. 2

Buckler vii. 24, etc.

Budwyns iv. 28

Bugden iv. 80 ; vii. 33

Bull iii. 112, 120

Burgess vii. 26

Burley iv. 1

Burred iv. 1

Bury, iii.59; iv. 12*; v. 62, 63; vi. 130

Bushe vii. 8

Byndon Lord. — Sec Howard.
Bynham (Bingham?) ... ii. 1

Byshop ...
Bythewood ...

Cade

Carter

Case

Chafin

Chatin Grove

Chamberlayne

Chambers

Champion ...

Chamyn ...

Channinge ...

Chapman

Chiles

Chipp

iii. 75

... iii. 49

iii. 54 ; iv. 66

... .
... in. 1

iii. 69

.. i. 16a ; iv. 38

iv. 119

iv 1

iii. 134

• •• • • • i* t 1

iv 1

iv. 1, 33*

• •• «»
... ... in. «f

... iii. 109, 123

iii. 41, 80

Churehey ... iii. Ill ; iv. 80

Churchill, iv. 96, 99 ; v. 57, 58
Churne ... iv. 1

Clarke ... iii. 61, 123; iv. 18

Clatworthy iv. 75, 80

Clavell ii. 42; iii. 1

Cleaves iv. 1

Claver iv. Ill

Clemen te, Clements, ii. 27, 31

Clendon vii. 45

Coker ... iii. 110; iv. 79

Cole iii. 1, 2

Collier iv. 112

Cooper iv. 113, 118

Corbin ... iv. 1

Cornish iv. 80

Gotten iii. 112

Coulbourne vii. 42

Cox iii. 49, 72; iv. 83

Crokker ... iii. 2

216

INDEX OF DORSET PEOPLE.

Cropp

Grossman

Crowte

Culliford

Cumfrie

Cutler .,

... vi. 79

iv. 119

... iii. 02

iv. 99
... iv. 1

vi. 79

Damon
Darbye . . .
Day ...
Deanes . . .
Deekc
Dc la Court
De la Lynde
Denche ...
Dennis

Cuttance (See Mayors), iii. 49 ;

v. 00

iii. 103

iv. 1

iv. 83

iii. 04

iv. 31

iv. 109

v. 2, 3

v 19

iv. 1

De Sallanova, vi. 91 a ; vii. 48, T>1
Devenish, iii. 144; iv. 33, 91, 119
Doddington, iv. 119 i\ 139, r. 222

Dodge vi. 131

Dodridge iii. 09, 70

Dore iv. 21

Dornford iv. 70

Dotherell, ii. 28, 45, 55 : iv. 12\
21 ; v. 25; vi. 13, 14

Dudley vii. 33, 34

Dumberlield vii. 44

Eburne iv. 1

Edwards iii. Ill, 112; vii. 40

Elert (Ellard?)

Elys (Ellis) '

Erie iv. 71 ; vii. 25

Evered iv. 112: vii. 53

iii. 2
in. 2

F.v v ELL
Fenner . .
Fey ...
Finch

.. v. 54

iii. 142

... 111. 4 9

iii. 109

Fippen or Phippen, iii. 49 ; iv. 90;
v. 30: vi. 101, etc.

Fi tzjames iv. 74

Flandt rgowain, Flandergosen, iii.

24 ; iv. 1

Forse iii. 20

Fowler ... iii. 00, 80; iv. 31

Frampton iii. 2, 27

Freke, i. 10-* ; iii. 142 ; iv. 44, 58,

115 : vi. 87
Fry, Frye, iii. 144; iv. 119; vi. 130

Gacij, or

Gaitch,

iv.

76:

v. 01

( iape

i. 38 ; iv

. 03

; v

. 44,00

Gates

• • • ■

. •

• • •

in

. 40,48

Gervays ..

■ ■ ■ •

. .

,

iv. 120

Gibson

• • • •

. ,

. ,

. iii. 51

Giear

i. 33,

35;

iv.

60, 80

Gilbertcs

• • • ■

, 9

• •

. iii. 2

Gleade ..

» • • •

. .

.

vi. 130

Glover

• > ■ •

, ,

. .

iv. Ill

God frye ...

• • •

. .

iii. 04

Gollde

iv. 1

Gollop

Gondrye

Gorges

Gosley

Gough

Gould or

Green, iii.

G rcgory

iv. 119

i. 31 ; ii. 73, 74

iv. 37, 53

iii. 138

iv. 70
Gold, iv. 115; v. 43
09, 142 ; iv. 53, 50 ; v.

41
n. h

Hamilton ... v. 60 ; vi. 131

Hanam, llannam, or Hanham, i.

16", 29; ii. 28, 36; iii. 13, 22.

81 ; iv. 11, 12, 34, 81 ; vi. 59

Hanwell

Harding...

Harrison

Harvcstc

Harvey or Harvy .

Hastings ... iv. 81

Hatt and Feather

Huwley ...

Hayne

Hay ward ... iii. 42

Hean iii. 131 ; vi. 110

Hellard iii. 114

Hemiing

Hcringe (Harang?)
II ewes
Hibbard...

Hill

Hillerie ...
Hingston, iii. 50, 57, 106 ; iv. 102
Hodder, iii. 38, 109; iv. 80; vi. 118
Holman or Hownian, iii. 15; iv. 66

... iv. 88

iii. Ill, 142

... iv. 80

... iv. 12*

iii. 52, 112

vi. 87 ; vii. 6

... iii. 86

vi. 51, 50, 03

... iii. 58

vii. 54

iv. Ill

ii. 1

. v. 64

v. 43

vi. 107

iii. 86

Holmes
Hopkins

iii. 118
. . iii. 37

Horsey, iv. 44 ; vi. 48 ; vii. 10
Houpere (Hooper) ... iii. 3

Howell vii. 55

Howard ... ... ... iii. 43

Howarde, T., i. 16»; ii. 28, 29, 30,
3337, 69, 71, 75 ; Hi. 22 ; iv. 19,
29, 31 ; v. 34 ; vi. 48 ; vii. 2
Howard, Lord Byndon, iv. 3, Lady

Byndon, iv. 37

Hunt iii. 26 ; iv. 31

Hutchina iii. 41

Hyde iii. 135 ; vii. 53

Hyet iv. 13

Ilkiss vi. 79

I nee vii. 23, 24, 25, etc.

Ingelram j. 40

Isaac v. 66: vi. 131

Jacob

Jauies

Jeanes

Jeffry

Jewe ..

Jones

Jurdan

iv. 101

iv. 76 ; v. 35

iv. 119

vii. 46, 50-53

iv 1

iv. 76 ; vi. 43

Keate or Keates iii. 1, 12, 22 ;
v. 13, 15, 16, 20, 23 ; M. v. 1

(Appendix)

Keeche
Kenham ,
Keyes
Keynes ..
King ...
Kingman
Kneller
Knight ..
Knott

iii. 69

• -• . .. VII. o

• • • • • • If • 1

iii. 48

... . ..VTJ. 0*4

... 1 1 . 1

... ... 111. i o

iii. 48 ; iv. 77, 97
iii. 51 ; vi. 79

Lamb

Langgyn

Langrish..

Lattemar

Lawrence,

... iv. 119 p. 530

I*. ... ...*.. & 4^^7

... ... VL X%RJ

• • ... ...111. XoV

iiL 51 ; iv. 83 ; vii 8

LaweB or Lawae iv. 2*

Ledoze or Ledosae, ii. 18, 20, 21,

59,60, 61, 62, 74,77; iv. 112:

vi. 9, 29, 35

Lewes

Leweston

J4I8I6 ...

A^vwA ■ • • • ■ ■

Loder or Loader

LoddU

Long ...

iv. 1

v 10

iii. 142; vi. 190

iii. 08 ; iv. 118

... iii. 26, 50

iv. 1

■ • • ■ • • US* ^^V

INDEX OF DORSET PEOPLE.

217

Love
Lyde

iii. 145
. iii. 79

Maior, ii. 52 ; vi. 49, 50 ; vii. 7, 8
Man ... ... ... iv. 1

Mansel iv. 114

Martin, fi. 77 ; iii. 70, 74, 134 ;

iv. 27

Marwell vii. 8, 16, 19,20

Massy iv. 1

Maunders ... ...iii. 77, 97

Maynard ...iii. 59 ; iv. 110, 111
Mecch ... ... ... iv. 76

Melledgo ... ... ... v. 50*

Michell ... iii. 66, 105; iv. 56
Mico, iv. 96, 104, 118, 119 p. 135,

r. 386 ; v. 50*, 60

Middleton v. 48

Miles iii. 112

Millis iv. 1

Mockett or Mokctt, i. 15 ; ii. 45,

77 ; v. 27, etc.

Momford ... iii. 1

Mondy iv. 76

Moreton ... ... ... iv. 44

Morgan ... ... ... iv. 1

Morrall iv. 1

Morrys iv. 35

Morsell iii 69

Mounsell or Monnsell, ii. 26, 39,
43, 55 ; iii. 69 ; iv. 53, etc.

Mowsell iii 53

Moynes ... ... ... v. 7

Nappkr, iv. 71, 74 ; v. 58 ; vi. 87
Neale ... ... ... iv. 1

Newton ... ... iv. 1

Northover iii. 1

OlHAM ...

• • • • ■ ■

iv. 1

Openshall or

Openshaue

• •

. vii. 3

Parmytf.r

• • •

in.

59

; iv. 76

Parr ...

. . . ...

.

.vii. 55

Paslien . . .

... . . .

iv. 119

Payge

. .

. iv. 1

Payne

... . . .

iv

. 31, 38

Peeke

. . ...

iii. Ill

Peers

... . . .

iv. 27

Peters

...

. .

. vi. 79

Pettin

... . .

iii. 44

Peverel

iv. 120

Phelyps iv. 2

Phippen.— See Fippen.

Pidgeon iii. 131

Pippoon ... ... ... iii. Ill

Pitt or Pytt, ii. 6, 29, 36, 43, 45,

46, 77; iii. 23, 48; iv. 119; vi.

82 ; vii. 2, 43, 44
Pley .... •... iii. 120, 138, etc.

Pollard vii. 55

Pomfrett iii. 49

Pope iii. 69

Portland iii. 12

Pount or Ponnt... i. 25 ; iii. 109
Preston, ii. 26, 75 ; iv. 31 ; vi. 43,

55 ; vii. 57
Prowse, iv. 119 P. 230 ; vi. 53, 56,

57, 63

Puckct hi. 142; vi. 131

Puinz, Sir N. , of i. 40

Pulintoft v. 4

Pulteney, Sir W., iv. 119 p. 513 ;

v. 66

Purling v. 66

Purser ii. 38

Pushman iii. 71

Pyne i. 33; iv. 56

Randall, ii. 2, 11*, 18, 27, 33, 39,
45, 52-55 ; iv. 21, 30, 119 p. 486,
vi. 13, 14, 66
Raynolds, ii. 6 ; iv. 2*, 17 ; v. 5 ;

vi. 59 ; vii. 3

Reade iii. 39; iv. 1

Reape ... ... ...vii. 34, 38

Reynes vi. 117, 123

Richards iii. 2

Ridout iv. 116

Righton iv. 110

Riland iv. I

Roger, Abbot of Abbotsbnry, i. 1, 40
Rogers ... ... ... iv. 71

Rose iv. 80

Roye i 18; iii. 36

Russell ii. 1; iii. 1; iv. 41,50,58
Ryves ... ... ... iv. 28

Salter iv. 1

Samways, ii. 18, 39, 41, 75, 77 ;

iii. 12, 77; iv. 2 ; v. 1, 5 ; vi.

29, 30, 131

Sanger iii. 50, 77

Saunders, iii. 72; iv. 116 ; vii. 43

Scott, Scott

-e ... iv. 1 ; vi. 131

Scovill

iii. 115 ; iv. 76

Seager . . .

iii. 119 ; iv. 1

Sherwin

• • • ••• ••• 111* wu

Slyde

iv. 120

Smirke

... ... ... Vll. Do

Smith

in. bt

Sprage

• ■• * • • •■• IUi TB^k

Sproule ...

v. 66

Steward

iii. 144; iv. 119

Stick land

iii. 64

Stood leigh

iv. 1

Stott

iii. 68

Strangways, iii. 58, 132 ; iv. 44,
56, 74, 96 ; v. 58, 61

Strode iv. 96

Strong iv. 107 ; vii. 45

Sturt iv. 100

Suffolk.— See General Index.

Summcrvall vi. 131

Swaffield ... iv. 119 P. 212

Swayne i. 16* ; iv. 11

Swcete ... ... ... iii. 80

Sweetlove ... ... iii. 117

Swetman vii. 53

Sydenham, iv. 74, 89; vi. 117;

vii. 27
Symes iv. 119

Tanner iv. 1

Taylor, iv. 119 P. 469 ; v. 66 ; vi.

130
Templeman, iii. 144; iv. 119; vi.

130
Thome, iii. 142; iv. 119 ; vii. 37, 39
Thornhill, Sir James, iii. 143 ; iv.

118 F. 229 b ; v. 66

Thornhill, H iv. llfr

Thornton v. 48

Tizard, iii. 58, 118, 144; iv. 119

Toby vii. 56

Tomson ii. 34, 58, 72

Totues ... ... ••• iii* 38

Tregonwell vi. 118-

Trenchard, i. 16* ; ii. 25, 46, 69 ;
iii. 17;iv. 23, 30, 31,32,89,96;
v. 25 ; vi. 48, 50

Trewen "»• 50

Tucker, i. 22 ; iii. 132, 144 ; i v.

119 P. 202; vi. 131

Turberville ...ii. 25 ; iii. 44 ; iv. 99

Turner "i. 64

DP

^18

INDEX OF DORSET PEOPLE.

Vanderuozen v. 25

Vervill iii. 86

Vicary iii. 1

Vic or Vey, iv. 88 ; v. 64 ; vii. 54

Wade ii. ll a , 7, 55; iv. 12*

Wall vi. 127

Wallis, WaUya v. 66

Waltham, iii. 39, 109, 133; iv. 66;

vu. 7

Waly sh

Warren

Wawker
Webbe or Webb
Weld

in. 2

iii. 57

... iv. 28

iii. 1 ; v. 66

... iv. 98

Weston ... iii. 144 ; iv. 11, 119
Whicker ... iii. 138; iv. 119

White iii. 36, 54

Willcocks iv. 1

Williams, ii. 51, 69 ; iii. 142 ; iv.
23 ; vi. 48 ; vii. 10

WilUden iv. 31

Windsor... vii. 56

Winter iii. 74

Woder iv. I0S

Yarplby
Younge ..

iv. 112

ii. 25 ; iii. I3S

INDEX OF DORSET PLACES,

Including Borough Place-names, which are distinguished thus

Abbotsbury, i. 1, 40; iii. 58; iv.44
Aldhelm's Head, St. ... vi. 79

* Ammunition House ...iii. 123

* Anchor iii. 128

Aynes' Estate iv. 118

♦Back Street iii. 123

•Backwater vi. 110, 118

* Bay Tree ... iii. 142; iv. 118
Boaminster ... ... iii. 69

•Bear iii. 142

'Belvedere v. 66

Bere v. 57

Bincombe iii. 139

•Black Rodd ... iii. Ill, 116

Blandford, iii. 15 ; iv. 118 ; v. 16

* Blockhouse Laue ... iii. 110

Bockhampton iii. 72

Bolehayes vi. 48, 77

•Boom at Jetty Head, vi. Ill, etc.

•Boot iii. 144; vi. 130

•Bridewell iii. 125, 127

•Bridge projected, ii. 9, 56,57,59;

iv. 36, 37

vi. 69, 96, 110, 123, 127,

128, 130, 131 ; vii. 5*

* ,. to be rebuilt ... vi. 130
Bridport, iii. 69; iv. 119; v. 7
Broad mayne ... iii. 139
Broadway ... ... iii. 62

Bryanstoue ... ... iv. 71

Buckland iii. 45

•Buckler Lane ... iii. 143

•Butts ... iii. 15, 51, 93, 103

•Butt's Lane ... iii. 67, 123

•Caseway

Mill

iii. 62, 80
... v. 48

»i

M

•Chafey's Lake vi. 131

•Channing's Walk (see Chaynes),

vii. 55
•Chapel of W. , iii. 93, v. 56 ; vii.

15,22

* it •» M. R., iii. 1 ; vii. 1, 4,

6,7

* .. Fort ... iii. 120; v. 56
Hay ... iii. 122
Stairs ... iii. 128; vii. 18

Chalborough iv. 2

Chaynes or Channing's Work, iii.

118; iv. 33 a
•Checker House ... iii. 110

Chickerel iii. 62

•Church of M. R. ... vii. 8, 11
•Churchway, iii. 110, 143; vii. 18
•Clark's Hill ... iv. 43, 106

•Common of W. ... iii. 15

* ,. ., M. R., iv. 16, 43, 81,

89, 119 p. 463; v. 26

•Coneygar, or Coneygar Ditch, or

Coneygar Lane, i. 18* ; iv. 2*,

50,. 119, etc.

Corf e Castle ... vi. 56, 65

•Corn Market iii. 127

•Cove (W. or M. R.), iv. 119; v.

66 ; vi. 131

Cranbourne iii. 50

•Crescent v. 66

•Cross i. 40; iii. 96

•Crown & Sceptre, iii. 142; iv. 118

•Custom House iv. 54, 94

m (of W.' ?) ... ii. 55

it

Devknish (Dewliflh) ... iii. 49
•Doderell's Throng Bridge, iii. 127

Dorchester, ii. 1 ; iii. 52, 74, 101 ;

vi. 17

•Drawbridges ... iii. 122, 123

ofW. Bridge, vi. 130

•Drove. — See Town.

Durweston ... ... iii. 15

Eastbury ... iv. 119 p. 222

•East Street or Lane, iii. 66, etc. ;

iv. 41

Ell well or Hell well, iii 15, etc.

•Esplanade, iv. 119 p. 396, p. 543;

v. (>(>
Ewerae Courtney iv. 44

•Fish Stone ...iii. 125 ; iv. 116

Fordington, iii. 44 ; v. 16 ; vi. 130

•Fortifications of W. (see also

Wall), ii. 66
•Forts, iv. 68, 83, 84; v. 56; vi. 1 13

•Fox iv. 118

•Franches Close ... iii. 60, 67

* it Street ...iii. 41 ; iv. 41
•Friary, iii. 39 ; iv. 27, 86 ; vii. 8

•George iv. 117, etc.

» Dorchester ... v. 58

•Globe iv. 95

•Gloucester Row ... v. 66

•Golden Lion iii. 144 ; iv. 118
•Green in M. R., iii. 110 ; iv. 17*

•Harbour, i. 40; vi. throughout,

e.g., 102, 109

Hazelbury iii 48

•Hell (a house so called), iii. 39,

66, 120 ; iv. 41

PD 1

220

INDEX OF DORSET PLACES.

*Hell Lane ...
♦High Street ...
♦Hole

Holworth
♦Hope
♦Hythe

Hossington

♦Inns, List of ...

♦Jetty

iii. 39, 48, etc.

Jordan Hill . . .

vi. 77

♦Kino's Arms

iv. 116

Knyghton

iii. 15

iii. 110; v. 41

iv. 41, etc.

... iii. 48

iv. 76

iii. 54 ; iv. 41

vi. 9*

..iv. 119 P. 139

... iv. 121

Lkweston v. 10

Lighwith iii. 50

♦ Little Street = Blockhouse Lane,

iii. 110
♦Long Cellar vi. 59

♦ „ Well ... iii. 60, 103, 118
♦Love Lane, iii. 41, 110, 118, 120,

124

Lulworth, East ...ii. 52 ; iv. 37

West iv. 88 ; vi. 41

Lytchet Minster ... ii. 49 ; iii. 50

♦Maiden Street, iii. 1, 36, 66,116;

iv. 41 ; vii. 1
♦Market Place ...iii. 39 ; iv. 94
♦Marsh of W., v. 61, 64, 66 ; vi.

110, 129, 131

Marti nstown iii. 58

♦May Pole iii. 82

Meere ... iii. 50

♦Meeting House, iii. 144 ; vi. 131
♦Melcombe reduced to a low state,
i. 6, 7, 26; v. 52 ; vi. 1, 17,33
♦Melcombe Chapel. — See Chapel.

♦ ii Common. — See Com-

mon.

♦ ii Port. — See General In-

dex, Port.
Pound, iv. 52, 118 F.

230

♦ m Townhall and Prison.

iv. 18, 42, 46, 55, 59,
71

Mills ... i. 18*;iv. 50
•• Green. — See Green.
Wall.— See Wall.

Melcombe Horsey ... iv. 44

♦Mills. — See Melcombe, Wey-
mouth.

Minterne v. 57

Mohun's Bridge ... ... v. 43

More Critchell ... iv. 71

♦Mountjoy iii. 116; v. 56

♦Newbury ... iii. 87 ; iv. 41
♦New Key (Quay) St. ...iii. 114
* North -Nothe, iii. 28*; iv. 59 ; vi.

79, 80, 84

♦NothePier vi. 122

North White vi. 110

Osmington, iii. 50, 139; iv. 118
Owre Moyne iv. 76

♦Parsonage of M. ... vii. 6

♦Pest-house iv. 106

♦Petticoat Lane ... iii. 137

Pimperne iii. 15

Pokeswell iii. 72

Poole, i. 26 ; iv. 30 ; v. 15 ; vi. 1

Portland, i. 5, 8, etc. ; ii. 79

Castle ... vi. 6, 39, 43

.- Place-names, iii. 15

it Quarries, iv. 51 ; vi.

115, 123
it Roads, vi. 12, 39, 77,

130

Poundbury iv. 32

♦Presbyterian Meeting House, iii.

144
Preston ... iii. 139; iv. 37

Puddletown iii. 139

♦Pump. — See Town Pump.
Putton iii. 62

Radipole, i. 31 ; iii. 139 ; iv. 83,

89 ; vii. 4, 6-10*
♦Red Lion iii. 116

Ringstead ... iv. 120 ; vi. 77
♦Rod well iii. 80

♦St. Edmund Street ... iv. 41
♦St. Mary Street, iii. 36, 39 ; iv.

41 ; vii. 1
•St. Nicholas Street (two), iii. 53,

54, 78 ; iv. 41
•St. Thomas Street, iii. 3 ; iv. 41 ;

vii. 3

•Sally Port iii. 122

Sandsfoot Castle, iii. 77 ; v. 6 ;

vi. 39
Sand witch = Swanage, iv. 118;

vi. 18
•Shambles ... iii. 96; iv. 42

Sherborne i. 35 ; iii. 52

*Ship iii. 116

The Ship wu on the Site of Mr.
Sherren's house, No. 79 St Mary
Street, as appears from a deed of sale,
by J. Waltham and wife, to Ben.
Gaith, dated 1063. This deed has
been kindly shown to the writer by
Mr. Sherren. Among other appur-
tenances specified are "sellars and
sollara."

•Shrubbery ...
•Silver Lane
♦Stephen Street
Studland
*Sun

.. v. 66

v. 66

... iii. 96

. vi. 18,32

...iv. 117

Sutton, iii. 57, 139; iv. 37, 89

•Tems Well, iii 57 ; iv. 81 ; v. 59
•Town Drove, iii. 28* 41, 54, 60,

67, 103

* „ Park ... iii. 103

* H Mixen iii. 67

* h Pump ... iv. 94, 116

* .. Well (See Long Well), iii.

80, 118

♦Town-hall Walk iii. 144

•Tunne Well i. 40

Upwey

iii. 139

•Wall of W iii 15

* n M.R., iii. 118; iv. 93
Walterston, ii. 71, etc ; iv. 29
Wareham ... i. 5 D ; iii. 15

Warm well vii. 54

Watcombe Drove ... iii 124

•West Gate ui. 124

•West Street (W.), iv. 41; (M.R.),

iii. 123 ; iv. 41
•Weymouth, called Waymue, i. 40

* said to be larger than

M. K., ii. 12

• and M.R. impoverish-
ed. — See Melcombe.

♦ ChapeL— fieeChapeL

u

INDEX OF DORSET PLACES.

221

•Weymouth Mills,;iii. 110;iv.33»;

v. 48
Town-hall, ii. 25, 61 ;
iii. 139; iv. 119; vi.
29, 30
* m Wall and Fortifica-

tions, ii. 6(> ; iii. 15
•White Hart, iii. 114, 131; iv. 95;
(in W.) iv. 119 i\ 313

•White Lion ... iii. 127

White Nothe vi. 110

•Windmill iii. 110

Wiraborne, iii. 13, 50; iv. 34; v.

16

Winford Eagle vi. 117

Winfrith iii. 139

Winterbourne Bellett ... iv. 20

Winterbourne St. Martin, iii. 58,

139

Wolvetou, iv. 5, 23, 30 ; vi. 48

Wool Bridge .. ... v. 32

Wyke ... i. 1, 5, etc. ; iii. 139

ii Place-names, iii. 15, 74

Oliver vi. 77

Yetminstek

.„ iv. 77

TABLE SHOWING WHERE NOTICES OF THE "SHERREN

PAPERS " ARE TO BE FOUND.

N.B.— The Papers retain the numbers which appear in the Sale Catalogue, 1879, and are distinguished

in this Book by the letter S prefixed to the numbers.

s

1

s

«

s

1

i 41 '

35

iv.

9 ; vi. 4

67 v. 15

98 iii. 15

2

11. 1 '

36

, ,

... ii. 14

68 ii. 25

99, ii. 45, 48-52, 54; iii.

3

iv. 120

37

• • • • • •

iv. 14

69 iv. 18

17 ; iv. 21 ; v. 17 ;

4

... 1
... 111. 1

38

• • •

... iv. 10

70 vi. 10

vi. 13, 14

5

• • • -»

111. 2

39

• • • ■ • •

ii. 4

71 ii. 27

100 vi. 24

6

... „
111. 3

40

• ■ •

... ii. 5

72 v. 16

101 ... ii. 46; vi. 19

vi. 1

41

• • • • • •

ii. 6

73 ii. 28

102 ...ii. 47 ; vL 19

8

i. 23

42

■ ■ •

ii. 7, 8

74 vi. 11

103 ... ii. 53; iii. 18

9

v. 1

43

• • • • • •

ii. 9

JO ... ... 1. «JU

104 vii. 3

10

Vll. 1

44

• • *

... iv. 12

76 ... Appendix

105 ... ii. 55;vi. 22

11

v. 2

45

• • • • •

ii. 10

77 iv. 19

106 iii. 19

12

... ... V.

46

• •

... ii. 11

78 iii. 11

107 iii. 19

13

iv. l a

47,

i. 26 ; ii.

12 ; iii. 6 ;

79 ... Appendix

108 vi. 28

14

v 4

iv.

11 ; vi. 5

80 ii. 13

109 vi. 3!

15

v 6

48

# • •

... iii. 8

81, ii 26 ; iii. 10, 13 ;

110 ... vi. 29, 30

1G

49

• • • • • •

ii. 15

vi. 32

HI ii. 59

IT

iv. 2

50

• • •

... ii. 16

82 ii. 30

112 iv. 27

18

51

• ■ ■ • a •

vi. 6

Ut> ... ... 11. &3

113 ii. 58

10

v. 8

52

• • •

... iv. 15

84 ii. 34

X 14 ... ... IV. «•«)

20

vi 2

53

• • • • • •

v. 13

OO ... ... 11. oO

115 iv. 24

21

i. 24

54

• • •

.. ii. 17

86 ii. 35

116 ii. 63

v. 9 '

55

• ■ • « • •

ii. 18

87 • • • • • • ll. o7

117 iii 22

23

v. 10

56

... iii. 9

88 ...ii.29; vii. 2

118 vi. 39

24

iv. 3

57

• • • • • •

ii. 19

89 (given as 87 in text)

119, ii 60, 61, 64, 65, 67,

25

v. 11

58

... iv.

16 ; vi. 7

iii. 14

68, 72; iii 23; iv.

26

... iv. 4

59,

iii. 12 ; \\

\ 13 ; vi.

90 vi. 16, 17, 18, 25

25, 26, 28 ; vi 26,

27

iv. 5

8, 71

91 ii. 40

27, S3, etc

28

iv. 6

60

m • •

... iv. 17

\jj* ... ... ii. 44

120 ii 66

29

iv. 7

61

• •

11.

20 ; vi. 9

93 ii. 39

121 vi. 45

30

iv. 8

62

... ii.

21 ; vi. 9

94 ii. 42

122 iv. 29

31

v 1°

63

• • • • • ■

v. 14

95, ii. 31, 38; iii. 16, 20,

123 vi46

32

... ... 11. A.

64

• a •

... ii. 22

22; vi. 12, 15,23

124 ... ,.. vi. 47

33

... ... 11. *»

65

• * • • • •

ii. 23

96 iv. 20

125 vi 48

34

. . . iii. 4 ; vi. 3

66

• • •

... ii. 24

97 ii. 41, 43

126 vi. 50

TABLE OF THE "SHERREN PAPERS."

223

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127

...ii. 62; vi.34

8

162 ...

vi. 66

8
195

... ... 111. ol

8

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128

vi. 51

163

iii. 21

196

i. 25

230 vi. 99

1*29

... vi. 52

164 ...

v. 20

197

v. 33

231 iv. 63

130

iii. 24

165, ii.

74 ; iii. 27 ; v.

198

iii. 32

232 vi. 101

i:U

* * mm mm

ii. 77

21 ; vi. 43, 49

199

iii. 33

233 v. U

132

. . . ... vi, i>y

166 ...

v. 25 ; vii. 4

200

vi. 70

234 iii. 102

133

vi. 39

167, iv.

33, 35 ; v. 22 ;

201

..v. 34; vi. 72

235 ... iii. 101

134

ii. 69

vi. 65

202

v. 35,*; vi. 73

236 vi. 103

13.)

vi. 43

168 ...

iv. 32

203

...v. 36; vi. 74

237 i. 37

136

n. 71

169

... ... i. ol

204

iii. 34

238 vi. 104

137

vi. 43

170 ...

iv. 34

205

vi. 75

239 vi. 88

138

ii. 73

171

... ... IV. «$4

206

... v. 37; vi. 76

240 iii. 102

139
140

... ii. 75

11. j D

172 ...
173

iv. 36

... IV. «JO

207,

i. 33; iii. 33; iv. 39;
vi. 81

241 (number omitted), i.

38

141

vi. 43

174 ...

... iv. 37

208

vi 82

242 i. 39

14*2

ii. 70

175

iv. 37

209

iii. 83

243 v. 47 ; vi. 106

143, i.
144

29; ii. 56,78; iv.22
i. 29 ; iii. 5

176 ...
177

iv. 37

... V. Ml

210

211

Appendix
vi. 86

244 vi. 106

245, iii. 109, 111; iv. 77,

143

.. i. 29; vi. 43

178 ...

v. 24

212

vi. 87

83 ; v. 48 ; vi. 109

146

ii. 79

179

... ... IV. U|

213

... vi. 87

246, iii. 108 ; v. 50, 53,

147

in. 2o

180 ...

ii. 57

214

vi. 85

vi. 106

148

vi. 53

181

vi. 67

215

vi. 90

247 iv. 91

149

... vi. 56

182 ...

vi. 68

216

vi. 89

248 ... ... v. 35

150

vi. 54

183

iv. 38

217

iv. 57

249 v. 57

131

iii. 26

184 ...

v. 26

218

iv. 57

250 v. 60

132

vi. 57

185

>•• • • • * • m*4

219

• • • • • • 1 V « tfO

251 vi. 125

133
134

iv. 30

vi. 58

186 ...
187

v. 28
...iii. 28; vi. 69

220
221

■ •• • • • I • %*Hk

... vi. 91

252 ... Appendix
•253 ... v. 63; vi. 122

133

vi. 59

188 ...

v. 29

222

iv. 58

254, iii. 139; v. 64; vi. 126

156

iv. 31

189, iii.

28 ; vii. 5-8, 10

223

iii. 85

255 iii. 136

137

vi. 61

190 ...

v. 30

224

iii 89

256 ... iii. 137

13S

vi. 62

191

... ... V. ul

225

... ... 111. Jv

257 iv. 117

139
100

vi. 63

vi. 64

192 ...
193

v. 32

... ... HI. «HJ

226

227

vi. 92

• • • • • • *• OO

258 ... Appendix
259,iii.l42;iv.ll8;vi.l30

161

vi. 65

194 ...

iii. 29

228

... iii. 91 ; vi. 82

260 ... iii. 143

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